Please share your stories, cool ideas, and recommendations for products or services that can be helpful to those with autism (and the people who care for them).
If you have a story you’d like to share with others, please send it to me at: dpro@shopglimmers.com
New Bracelets!
Five New Designs!
I’m happy to introduce a selection of five new designs, each with a multi-colored Autism Awareness puzzle piece ribbon charm. The new bracelets feature color combinations that will complement everything in your closet. This collection is full of great spring and summer gift-giving items.
Easter . Mother’s Day . Graduations . Showers
Bridal Parties . End of School Year Gifts
The Golden Hat Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2010 by Kate Winslet, Oscar-winning actress and mother of two. The foundation is dedicated to eliminating barriers for people with autism around the world, and creating an environment that holds these individuals as intellectually capable.
Kate met Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir, the foundation director, when she narrated A Mother’s Courage: Talking Back to Autism, a documentary about a Margret’ son Keli. After meeting Margret, Kate was deeply touched by and the idea for the Golden Hat Foundation was born. The foundation’s name comes from one of the first poems Keli wrote using his letterboard.
In 2011, the publishing company Simon & Schuster published a book by Kate, The Golden Hat, a collection of self-portraits from celebrities and cultural luminaries, all “wearing a magical hat” to support autism awareness and outreach.
The Arc of Bristol County
Family Advisory Council
The Family Advisory Council of The Arc of Bristol County has their own website full of information at ArcFAC.com. There is a calendar and news page with constantly changing information, along with information about Family Support Services through the Arc, plus lots of resources.
The group is trying to build an email database of parents, caregivers, clients, professionals, etc. in order to distribute information that may be of interest to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The Sensory "U" is owned by a group of independent investors and operated by Peach State Pediatric Therapy Inc., the largest sensory intensive pediatric therapy facility in the Southeast. Over the years, their inventory has increased to cover a full spectrum of educational items and pediatric fitness products, as well as a library of over 100 titles dedicated to improving the lives of children with many different forms of developmental delay.
There are lots of products for those with autism and sensory integration difficulties as well many products for everyday cardiovascular, gross motor and strength development of all children.
The Sensory University
Toy Company One-Stop Shop
