GR Skate & Event Center in Kentwood is offering fun for everyone with its newly started Sensory Sunday events.
It is helping Kentwood neighbors like Shannon Sample, whose life revolves around being a mom. Her 10-year-old daughter, Emerson, has autism, and caring for her takes up a lot of Shannon’s time.
“I am a single mom raising three girls, so one with her being special needs and being non verbal, and she’s fed through a feeding tube that I have to feed her five times a day,” Sample said.
In the past, Emerson has sometimes been left out of events and fun that many other children get to experience, because of over-stimulation…