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 ...

Jeannette Urbanczyk, a 96-year-old woman who suffers from dementia, was confused and agitated Wednesday morning, as she yelled "help!" for no reason and poked the chest of Rebecca Walpole, manager of ...

After a 67-year gap, Florida may be about to legalize naturopathic medicine • Health The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to ...

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 ...

Many of Chileda’s students with cognitive and behavioral challenges, also struggle with moderate to severe sensory issues, and a new fundraising campaign hopes to help them regulate those feelings. A ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The room’s walls are painted black. So is the ceiling. The only light came from fiber-optic ropes and tall tubes filled with bubbling water, changing from ...

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 ...

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.

Although the term was coined four decades ago, you’ve likely never heard of the silly sounding “Snoezelen room.” But while the name is hard to pronounce, the purpose behind a Snoezelen room is both ...

The room looks a lot like a night club with its bright, neon lights and disco ball. But it's actually a new therapeutic tool at the Children's Home of York in Yorkana. "Let's say a child says 'Oh, I ...