Recreational Activities What is her level of functioning? Our son does scouting,basketball,soccer. Before his 1 year of vision therapy sports was difficuly not so much now. Gymnastics help with balance problems. Marshall arts helps with conduct/discipline/attention. She is low functioning. She does enjoy swimming, but all activites need to be one on one with full supervision. Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas for recreational activites for a 17 year old autistic girl? Sorry...last post...this is for the summer...thanks!My first suggestion would have been swimming....the TO zoo is fantastic (if you are planning to take her out on trips)....does she like nature? something else might be to go to a botanical garden...what is she interested in? another thing that came to mind (looks like someone else thought of it) is horse back riding.....(hippotherapy) ...if she and you are able to ...some sort of sailing or boating would be nice...and if there is room...gardening type activities can be a nice sensory activity for some people (me included)...my son, although much younger, really loves to tend and care for plants and watch them grow (vegetables are great because he can grow them and eat them)....and if you are able, I think it would be nice to keep sort of a scrapbook of your summer together (take some pictures of what you do together) and that would be a nice visual for her to keep and remember your summer together   How about bowling?  My 12 year old son is in the moderate zone of the spectrum and he loves it!  We bowl in a special league of disabled children/adults (ages range from 12 - 30+) and there are all levels participating. Also, maybe therapeutic riding?  We've been doing this for about 3 years, and I have seen some great improvements.  I am friends with a mom of a 10 year old severely autistic boy and the therapeutic riding has been great for him. Good luck!    thanks so much :) I'm applying for summer position with a girl I currently work with in a group home. I'm just looking for ideas of what we can do all summer.
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