Sensory Products

Sensory products stimulate the five senses - sight, sound, touch, taste and smell - they provide stimulation for people with disabilities, calming those with anxiety and enhancing their sensory experience. Examples of sensory products include ball cushions, weighted vests, textured toys, and light therapy lamps. Sensory products provide disabled people with a variety of physical, emotional and cognitive benefits. These sensory products are usually used in care homes, therapy rooms, and sensory rooms. 

The deep pressure and tactile input of weighted sensory products like Protac® MyFit Vests, Protac KneeMe blanket, and Protac Ball Blanket™, increases activity in the parasympathetic nervous system. 

Ultimately, this lowers activity in the sympathetic nervous system in the human body - otherwise known as the network of nerves that trigger the “fight-or-flight” response when the body is under stress. 

For those with autism, dementia, and other sensory conditions, hypersensitivity is a condition whereby an individual is overstimulated by their environment due to numerous factors such as bright lights, smells, loud noises etc… This can cause sensory avoidance and anxiety.

Weighted items help calm nerves and are commonly used as sensory products that help relieve anxiety in environments such as care homes. 

Sensory stimulation not only soothes anxiety but can evoke positive feelings and increase social interactions and connections. Sensory products are often used in care homes for residents with dementia, autism, psychological restlessness, ADHD and other psychiatric diagnoses.

Sensory products can be used in sensory rooms, care homes, schools, or in your own home. Sensory equipment/sensory furniture range from weighted collars like our Protac SensOn® to sensory toys like LED mirror tunnels, or our Protac Ball Cushion™ - designed to help children and adults sit still and concentrate. 

Repose offer a broad range of sensory products of all different sizes and purposes to suit each individual. Whether it’s an expertly crafted air mattress filled with plastic balls like our Protac MyBase® or a multi-functional cushion designed for alleviating anxiety like the Protac SensCircle®, there is a sensory product designed to suit a variety of spaces and needs.