Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, FAOTA is Principal of design+cOnsulTation, an organization that works with designers to create therapeutic landscapes and evaluate their outcomes. She is also the co-author of many articles and books, including, Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces, published by Timber Press.
Gardening can be a personally rewarding and gratifying activity. Some can equate gardening to your favorite leisure activity. It’s certainly mine. I only wish I had more time to be in the garden because it makes me feel calm, centered, satisfied, and happy. The next best thing to gardening is to share a few ideas […]
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Experiencing nature improves physical, sensory, social, and emotional health and wellbeing and a garden is an ideal space to engage with nature. While research has and continues to demonstrate these benefits, little has looked at the impact on individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In time, we hope to fill the void and conduct some […]
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It All Comes Down to Play: Autism Play Therapy Play is an important activity of childhood and is understood to contribute to healthy development1. It is so important that the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has identified play as the right of every child2. Through play, children have opportunities to move, be curious […]
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