OT ideas for strengthening arms

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Long story short we have inadequate insurance and we do OT at home. My

son was born with birth defects on his hands. Consequently his arms

are weak. Any ideas on strengthening them?

For Christmas I bought him a Flying Turtle

(http://www.masoncorporation.com/sprv_flyingturtle.html). I talked to

an OT where I take my son for ST and she said it works the arms more

than the Plasma Car (http://www.amazon.com/PlasmaCar-

Purple/dp/B000LJEKME) (they have both where my son goes so he got to

try both out!).

Also does anyone have a Body Sock? We use one while my son is in

speech therapy. I thought it might make a nice Christmas present! My

5 1/2to ds is 44-45 inches tall. How do I know what size to get? (The

one at therapy has no tag.)

*Last night on the dog walk my son talked about something " soaking in "

and I was thinking how he really does have a large vocabulary it's just

since he is hard to understand your perception is that he does not have

a large vocabulary. He can read and it's got to be frustrating for him

not to be able to speak with the same ease with which he can read.