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  • Three children sit on the floor creating a chore chart on a large whiteboard using colorful markers.
    June 16, 2025 Team AGU

    Creating Visuals at Home

    In this post, we are narrowing our focus to visual supports in the home and how to identify, create, and use visual supports that fit your own needs or the needs of someone you are supporting.
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  • A close-up of a person’s hands squeezing a bright green stress ball, providing a sensory experience. The individual wears a gray and navy t-shirt, with a blurred neutral background, emphasizing the tactile focus of the moment.
    May 19, 2025 Team AGU

    Trying Out Sensory Tools

    In this post, we will be discussing how to evaluate a sensory tool to determine whether or not it is meeting your practical needs, and whether it is necessary to seek out either supplementary or alternative tools as part of your process.
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  • A young girl focuses on a colorful bead maze toy, moving bright wooden beads along twisting metal tracks in red, blue, green, and yellow. The background is a clean, bright white, emphasizing the vibrant colors of the toy and the child's intent expression
    May 10, 2025 Team AGU

    Matching Sensory Tools to Needs

    In this post, we will be exploring how to match sensory tools to needs. This post aims to start from an understanding that finding the right sensory tool can be a process, and offers some guideposts for starting that process on your own terms.
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  • A colorful sensory wall display in a classroom, featuring different textured panels made with materials like cotton balls, burlap, balloons, feathers, shredded paper, confetti, and layered tissue paper. Above the panels, the words “SENSORY WALL” are spell
    May 5, 2025 Team AGU

    Types of Sensory Tools

    In this post, we will be taking a closer look at the types of sensory tools that are out there and how they might be used.
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  • The exterior of a red brick building with bold white letters spelling out "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES" against a clear blue sky.
    May 1, 2025 Team AGU

    RFK Jr. is Not the Judge of Whether Autistic Lives are Worth Living

    In this post, we examine the harmful narrative being promoted by new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has reignited dangerous and debunked ideas about Autism under the guise of seeking a “cause.” We explore the widespread backlash from Autistic self-advocates, researchers, and organizations, and unpack why RFK Jr.’s rhetoric is not just inaccurate, but profoundly damaging.
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