A little change can be a big challenge for Adam Mansell. The Portland boy, who turns 11 Wednesday, has multiple medical conditions including cerebral palsy and autism. Even everyday transitions such ...

With both hands, a young girl clasped a glass tube as bubbles within it rose to the top. Her eyes tracked them in the dark room. A boy lay on a foam mattress and kicked his feet when fiber-optic ...

Ulster-Greene ARC's Wall Street Day Services has opened a Snoezelen Room to benefit autistic adults regionally. Snoezelen is a multisensory therapy room developed in the 1970s by two Dutch therapists ...

Toxic chemicals in Temple Terrace water spark fertility fears, health concerns• Hillsborough The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

Memory care residents Rosalee Devlen and Beatrice Dean entered a room on the second floor of Cayuga Ridge Extended Care on Wednesday and were met with ultraviolet designs on the walls and floors. The ...

Country Cottage, a local assisted living and memory care community in Montgomery, Alabama, opened their Snoezelen Room on May 11. "Snoezelen" comes from the Dutch verbs "snuffelen" (to seek and ...

New situations can cause major distress for children with autism—and going from home to a hospital can be particularly nerve-racking. So to help calm children with developmental disabilities and teach ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 6, Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA) celebrated a breakthrough in therapy for individuals in the Northwest suburbs. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to recognize ...

MIRAMAR BEACH — Tucked away in a corner of the second floor of the Medical Office Building at Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast is what looks, at first glance, like the best playroom ever.