We use a weighted blanket as my son has autism and one of the coinciding issues is what is called sensory processing disorder. If you think of your five senses, sight, taste, hearing, touch etc these kids expereince information through their sense organs differently. They might under feel it or over feel it so a child with a hypersensitivity to touch might not like to be touched a child with hypo sensitivity seeks firm pressure and deep pressure. We also look at two extra senses that of proproceptive and darn it I've forgotten - basically the feelings of spinning/heights/being verticle/horizontal and the feelings registered by their ligaments and tendons - basically how their body moves and receives information from their muscles about how they move.

A weighted blanket is designed to apply about 10% of a childs body weight to calm or fill a sensory need such as deep pressure. My son currently uses wheat bags on his lap or his fav on his head :-) God love him