Creative Solution to Help Autistic Children – Custom Shower Sticker and Bathroom Wall Decals

Custom Shower Sticker & Bathroom Wall Decals

Custom Shower Sticker & Bathroom Wall Decals

Sticviews has been working with Carla Graham, an advocate for autistic children, by developing a custom shower decal that trains children in what she calls “self care”. Carla approached us with an idea to put our waterproof white stic material in her shower, and it would visually show the steps of taking a shower. The plan was to use the shower sticker to help keep her two autistic children on task as they maneuver through a complex set of steps for taking a bath. Carla took actual photos of the kids’ bathroom – pictures of the shower curtain, the drain, faucet, soap, and towel. We created a simple 7 step graphic that shows these steps in an easy to read format, and put it up in her shower.

Carla is delighted with the results. She says it helps her children because “they think in pictures, and they have trouble processing speech effectively. The step by step pictures help them see the steps visually.” When they get off track, Carla asks them what step they were on and asks them, “What is next?” Then the children know how to get back on track and complete the bath routine by following the instructions on the shower decal.

Here’s a video we made illustrating how Carla’s daughter, Ainsley, used the shower sticker.
(Thanks to Landon Austin for donating his music track for the video!)

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2I5S2FVEuE

If you would like to purchase the shower decal visit Carla’s site Arts Helping Humanity, which is Carla’s art company that sells art to benefit a variety of causes. You can create your own sticker with educational steps and instructions for your kids or business using the easy 3 step process on Sticviews.com.

Step 1 – select your size, shape and material for your project. White stic is the best material for tiles, showers, and cars. It is your basic vinyl decal material, but the unique sticviews materials come off clean! That means they wont harm your home’s wall, windows, doors or tiles. They can be easily removed.

Step 2 – upload the graphic that you designed for your instructions.

Step 3 – customize it by editing your images, adding background colors, or putting on your own text or monograms. You can also work with multiple image layers. Add it to your cart when you’re done. It’s that easy!

Carla also helps autistic children with social skills by running a Lego playground out of Plano, Texas called, “Plano Lego Lovers.” You can find them on MeetUp.com. The group’s purpose is to get typical children and autistic children together via a common interest to work on social skills with one another. Follow Carla on Twitter at twitter.com/AutismAndArt and read her blog at http://asperwhat.blogspot.com.

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