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Travel size Etch-a-sketch! Takes no batteries and is great for bi-lateral hand/eye coordination. I usually keep a couple inexpensive toys in… read more

Crayons and coloring books.

I always have small toys in my bag that I will take one by one if needed. Also you can download read aloud stories like cinderella, robin… read more

I have the same situation eveytime we go out with my daughter. When we go out we usually bring her favorite things with us. Usually my phone… read more

Have you tried to download an app he may like. My son loves watch youtube video on his ipad about car raicing. I downloaded some car racing… read more

my son would be the same way ....then slowly he stop ..but the trick was he would take a toy with him ..but no balls cuz then he would want to… read more

We use the ipad. There are several "go to" apps Elliott will use if youtube isn't working. Maybe we're lucky for that.

A… read more

Silly putty is also a good distraction...until the child figures out that it bounces >_< Fidget toys like "wacky tracks" are… read more

I used Nintendo DS, and before that we had a portable DVD player. Earlier just having cars and one of the spinning light toys would work.

My son has a love of reading, so books work for him. He doesn't go anywhere without at least 10 books. He just won a Kindle Fire from the… read more

We usually bring a car or train and our own small pack of crayons (I squeeze in some prompting for using the correct grasp and hand placement… read more

I used to pack a "Grandma bag" of things to do--books, wikki-sticks, clay, crayons, etc.

While socializing is difficult... Their favorite interest is my answer. However, I found it was just easier to not attend. Not the answer I… read more

We take walks... stay out of restaurants that bother him (try them another year). Stay on schedule. Eating out with someone other then the… read more

Oh and now he has a hand held nock off game from Japan and he can share movies on that thing. I love it. And mp4 player is awesome... you just… read more

I still remember being a child and wanting to bring a book to the dinner table. Was strongly discouraged, of course. But often I'd rather… read more

Be prepared, and plan! Make sure to bring crayons, paper; cars a book or two, legos, after dinner while the rest of us are eating the tablet… read more

SallyRistaAnderson I thought we were on this site for social togetherness and to help each other cope and help each other along this journey… read more

also when they start to rad more fandexes are great, they are compact with lots of information.

Pick a restaurante that is somewhat "kid friendly." We learned that lesson the hard way. We had gone out to eat w/ our son who was… read more

Well, way back in the stone age (1996+) I would bring along a favorite book, DVD/Video Game. I would often have to interact with him… read more

Does everyone have either a smart phone, tablet computer, or portable video game device? I guess we are just behind on the times. I bring… read more

Good day, if we are going out to eat, i usually do it during a time where there is less people,of coarse it does not work in my favor some of… read more

We also use our technology go to's lol which are Ipad, Iphone or Nintendo DS.

We usually take him out one to one in order to train him so it is easier to work with him. We don't usually take him places with our… read more

a simple game: hid a sugar packet under one hand, have the child guess which one.
another game: lay out 5 table items, remove one when he… read more

We bring a snack (goldfish, etc), his leappad, &/or his ipad. The leappad & ipad each have apps on them that he can okay without the… read more