ABOUT US

Autism Gifted Hands is a purpose-driven enterprise dedicated to supporting children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Southeast London. We work with children aged 3 to 10, providing a safe, nurturing, and structured environment where they can learn, grow, and thrive.

Our after-school sessions run Monday to Friday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, focusing on sensory-based approaches that help reduce sensory overload while encouraging engagement, confidence, and development. Through thoughtfully designed activities, we support each child’s unique needs and pace of learning.

In addition to our regular sessions, we host a monthly three-hour Sensory Intervention Workshop on the last Saturday of every month (1:00 PM to 4:00 PM). These workshops are designed to equip children with effective learning strategies while also supporting parents and caregivers with practical tools they can use at home.

Our approach combines evidence-informed and creative methods, including attention-building activities, Lego therapy, painting, sensory play, barrier games, and sensory circuits. Each activity is carefully chosen to enhance communication, focus, coordination, and emotional regulation.

At Autism Gifted Hands, we believe every child has unique strengths. Our goal is to create an environment where those strengths are recognised, nurtured, and celebrated.

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At Autism Gifted Hands we focus on sensory play activity to lessen the sensory overload. Sensory play is important for Autistic children to learn how their bodies work. By creating an appropriate sensory programme (messy play, squeeze, soft toys, attention, sensory circuit, sensory stories, etc.) you can ease their fears, confusion, and difficulty and provide long term change for Children with Autism. Sensory activities are those that stimulate the 5 senses – touch, smell, sight, taste, and sound – as well as our sense of balance.

Our five senses are essential to our lives, helping us understand everything from the daily tasks of walking, talking, and eating to the more complex functions like creative and artistic projects, playing sports, and critical thinking.

By stimulating the senses through what’s called Sensory Play or Sensory Activity, we can help develop our children’s creativity while also encouraging social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and linguistic development. Sensory play also helps strengthen the brain’s neural pathways and connections which leads to greater learning potential.

Children on the autism spectrum, however, often have difficulty with everyday sensory stimulation, and this inability to cope with the world around them can make day-to-day experiences feel overwhelming and make it difficult for them to learn and carry out basic daily functions.

Fortunately, there are many sensory activities for autistic children that can help change the way the brain reacts to touch, sound, sight, and movement. Being a part of sensory play is a fun way for kids on the autism spectrum to stimulate their brains so they can become better learners, gain a longer attention span, and learn how to communicate with their friends.