Sensory Calming Jar

"Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy. They have good emotional empathy, but they don't have much empathy for the autistic kid who is screaming at the baseball game because he can't stand the sensory overload. Or the autistic kid having a meltdown in the school cafeteria because there's too much stimulation." -Temple Grandin

Although it is almost the end of April, April is Autism Awareness month.  As part of this cause I created a Sensory Calming Jar with LOTS of glitter to help watch to calm down when there is a melt down. 

I got the instructions over at instructables. 

Some advice from my experience: 

• Clear glitter does not work!
• Add extra glitter glue.  Also make sure the glitter glue is more glue than glitter.  I would suggest Elmer's glitter glue if possible.
• Make sure their is a big difference between the chunky and the fine glitter.
• When sealing the jar it uses lots of hot glue!
• It only lasts for 30 seconds, not two minutes so be prepared for lots of shaking!

To learn more about Autism visit autismspeaks.org