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Weighted backpack

north london mum

hi guys had the ot out today and have given me some ideas to help my son with sensory issues as he likes deep pressure the ot suggested a weighted backpack I've looked on the Internet and online sensory shops but cannot find weighted backpacks has anyone ever came across these or know where I could get one I'm waiting for the ot to send me an email on what else I need to get but if any of you lovely lot could help on the backpack would be really great full 

  • Thanks longman he doesbenifit from deep pressure relive and squzzing too it mite be me that has read it wrong maybey the ot meant a normal backpack with toys in it to help with deep pressure I'll have to ring him to ask we are going to invest in weighted blanket and bean bags for him we wrapped him up in a normal blanket today and he looked so happy and could not wait for me to wrap him up again the backpack is to try and help with my sons walking as although he can walk but it's going to nursery and other short walks he just does not like doing it so the idea of backpack mite help I watched temple grandin film really did make sense to me when I was going through the diagnosis but I will defently look up the thinking in pictures  

  • Various similar things have been discussed - weighted jackets, weighted blankets, compression devices, and often people on the spectrum seek something pressing on the body as soothing. You might find more searching "weighted jackets", I'm not sure if a weighted back back would have the right effect - might be the OT has got that wrong too.

    The key authority on this is Temple Grandin, one of the subtopics in editions of "Thinking in Pictures" 1995, usually "The Squeeze Machine" but there others. To understand the principle it is really worth getting access to a copy. The one I've got is by Bloomsbury Paperbacks, the first UK publisher in 2006. The ISBN (used by bookshops and libraries to locate copies) is 0 74758532 6

    Personally I sought various ways of compression....lying under the mattress was one.

    It crops up in various ways in John Elder Robinson's "Look me in the Eye", including that he liked his wife to lie on top of him, and it is known to influence the sexual behaviours of people on the spectrum.