Indoor Playroom Helps Alleviate Self-Stimming in Child with Autism

Bryson Pastor's parents have discovered that swinging helps their son with autism and other disabilities decrease self-stimming behavior. Swinging in Ohio in the winter is almost impossible and quite often chilly in the summer; Make-a-Wish Foundation has given Bryson an indoor playroom complete with swing, loft bed, and slide. The Pastors also have a fenced in yard for Bryson, a service dog named Dakota, and have positioned their home near a sound-soothing lake.

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