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[quote=Anonymous]Bumping this post. 
Recently we have been going on long walks/hikes in local park on the weekends - 5 mile range.  While we are huge proponents of outdoor time and promoting core fitness for special needs kids to facilitate participation in sports, brain development, emotional regulation and have read all the peer reviewed articles about it...I just wanted to give a shout out to the behavioral impacts I am seeing from these long walks over 5 miles.  Just a sense of calm that lasts for about 2 days that is equivalent of the way he is calm when he has a fever.

Long story short, I think that even we were underestimating what the right-brain/left-brain communication benefits one gets out of walking and also what that level of sustained exercise does to upping the natural brain neurotransmitters. Long story short - even if you think you are meeting your child's exercise needs, consider doing some over three up to six mile walks and see what happens.  We did have of course snacks and it helped to have breaks for free play.  I know, another must on a long list, and this is not about guilting stressed mom's.  It is really sharing a free thing you can do as a family that might just might give you a few hours of improved calm/behavior as a family.

Can't tell you how just plain happy the rest of that weekend was - just easy and fun in a way that feels like maybe what families with NT kids experience.  It was literally mind blowing for me. [/quote]

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