Sound Therapy

Aspire roll out new mobile special needs facility for Herefordshire
 
 
A new sensory environment designed to engage and entertain individuals with special needs and profound disabilities is set to open in Hereford on the 17th of this month.
Registered charity Aspire have teamed up with the Music Gym Ltd to produce a mobile sensory environment set to [...]

The Music Gym, something different comes to Hereford!

We’re constantly looking for innovative devices which can help foster the spirit of creativity in those that use them at The Music Gym, and given the nature of our organisation it should come as no surprise that we pay particular attention to those which have a musical theme.
 
The other worldly Musii may look and sound [...]

Sarah Teather, the current Children’s Minister (who spent much of her time in secondary school in a wheelchair following a viral infection) was recently interviewed by the Guardian, answering questions suggested by the readers on topics dealing with provisions for special needs children.
The central theme of the interview seems best summed up by the following [...]

One of the lessons we learned when running the music gym is that its exceedingly difficult sometimes to find wheelchair friendly activities, in this article we look at how we strove to be as inclusive as possible when designing the Music Gym

Inspirational examples of inclusion for special needs

We take a look at the Spordas Slo Mo Bump Balls, perfect for special needs activities and play. If you’ve never heard of these before prepare to have your eyes opened (and if you decide to buy some, be sure to look around, some companies think a 300% markup is acceptable…)

Association Les Pas Perdus
This month we turn our lens to one of our earliest inspirations for the multi sensory space known as the Music Gym, the organisation whose research and findings helped lead towards the foundation of our unique special needs activity.

A Robot Named KASPAR

Kaspar is a robot with a mission, a mission to help young people with autism learn to communicate, play and interact with others. His name is an acronym for Kinesics And Synchronisation in Personal Assistant Robots (Kaspar is a lot easier on the tongue!) and he was developed by the Adaptive Systems [...]

A how to guide to configuring the PS3 Buzz! Wireless switches working on a PC.
How do I get the Wireless Buzz! buzzers working on a PC? Its a question we were asking ourselves this week. Follow us on this step by step guide as we show you how to use the PS3 Buzz! wireless controllers on a PC.