Ability Therapy Place

15/12/2025

To many, it looks like just playground fun. To those who understand child development, it’s vestibular regulation, sensory integration, postural control, attention building, and emotional grounding—all happening in real time.

For children with physical, sensory, or neurodevelopmental needs, these movements are not optional extras. They are foundational tools that help the brain organize information, regulate emotions, and prepare the body for learning.

Inclusive education pioneers like Maria Montessori observed over a century ago that children learn best when movement and environment work with the child, not against them. Later, educators supporting children with disabilities found that when schools embraced structured movement and play, children once labeled “unreachable” began to communicate, focus, and participate.

This is why inclusive education works.
This is why IEPs must go beyond paper goals and show up in real spaces—playgrounds, classrooms, and daily routines.
And this is exactly why therapy must extend into schools, not sit apart from them.

15/12/2025

14/12/2025

Albert Einstein was labelled “slow” because he didn’t fit rigid classrooms.
Once learning met curiosity instead of conformity, the world got relativity.

Temple Grandin couldn’t speak as a child.
With structured support and understanding, she didn’t just find her voice — she changed how the world treats animals.

Stephen Hawking lost physical function but never lost access to learning.
Adaptations didn’t simplify physics. They protected his brilliance.

The pattern is loud.
Support didn’t dilute standards.
It unlocked them.

That’s what IEPs and inclusive education do.
They don’t move the goalpost.
They build the steps.

14/12/2025

We accept the new SHA for civil servants for your therapy sessions.

14/12/2025

Understanding looks like this:
✔️ Communication that meets the child where they are
✔️ Environments that support regulation, not overload
✔️ IEPs that prioritize dignity, strengths, and access
✔️ Educators and caregivers trained to see behavior as communication

13/12/2025

Every classroom is diverse — whether systems acknowledge it or not.
Inclusion is what happens after awareness.
It’s the decision to adapt, support, and respond intentionally.

IEPs turn understanding into action.
They help adults stop guessing and start supporting.

Because children don’t fail systems.
Systems fail children.

Inclusion is not optional.
It’s professional responsibility.

13/12/2025

Support given once is encouragement.
Support given daily is transformation.

Children with diverse needs don’t benefit from random effort.
They grow with predictable routines, aligned strategies, and adults who are on the same page.

IEPs only work when they’re followed consistently —
at school, at home, and everywhere in between.

Same goals.
Same language.
Same commitment.

That’s how confidence builds.
That’s how skills stick.
That’s how inclusion moves from theory to real life.

13/12/2025

Interoceptual needs are not easy to control. That is the daily challenge that children with special needs struggle with. This is why we must be there to support them.

13/12/2025

Inclusion is not a favour.
It’s a skill.
And skills can be learned.

Every classroom already has children with different abilities. Some are obvious. Many are not. Physical challenges. Sensory differences. Learning disabilities. Emotional regulation struggles. Neurodiversity. They’re already there — whether systems are ready or not.

The real question is simple:
Are the adults prepared?

Inclusive education doesn’t start with ramps and resources.
It starts with mindset.
With understanding how a child learns, moves, communicates, and copes — then adapting around the child, not forcing the child to adapt to rigid systems.

This is where IEPs matter.
Not as paperwork.
But as living, practical tools that guide teachers, caregivers, and schools to support real children in real time.

Inclusion looks like:

A teacher who knows when to modify tasks, not lower expectations

A caregiver who understands behaviour is communication

A school that collaborates with therapists, not after a crisis, but before one

A child who feels seen, supported, and safe enough to try

12/12/2025

Autism is not asking to be cured. It is asking to be understood, respected and accepted.

12/12/2025

Happy Jamhuri Day to all Kenyans. Our power to run affairs also accorded equality to all irrespective of age, colour, disability or level of education. Let us preach the spirit of Jamhuri to each soul out there.

Jamhuri is not discrimination
Jamhuri is not stigma
Jamhuri is not bullying
Jamhuri is not corruption
Jamhuri is not insulting others
Jamhuri is not using other Kenyans to achieve selfish goals
Jamhuri is freedom, equality and power to live freely and happily in the great Nation of Kenya.

Heko Wanakenya wote!