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Michigan Mom Creates Ambulance Sensory Kits for Autistic Kids

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What happened: When Amber Horton, a Michigan EMT, looked around her community she realized there were many ways her 5-year-old son Max, who is autistic, could be easily overstimulated.

Recognizing the need for greater awareness and education in her own profession, Horton created sensory kits to help pediatric patients cope with an ambulance’s sirens and bright, flashing lights and placed them in every ambulance in her company’s fleet.

Each kit contains a weighted pad, noise-canceling earmuffs, sunglasses, and communication tools that can help autistic kids tell first responders where they are hurting.

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