Wendy Atkinson is an occupational therapist with over thirty years of experience in working with clients with varying levels and types of disability. She is the owner of Cornerstone Therapy Associates, a private practice located in Ashland, VA. Additionally, Wendy has a specialty certification in sensory integration and presents training on sensory issues throughout the state of Virginia to schools, businesses, day supports/group homes, ABA facilities, and non-profits. She is very passionate about this topic and wants more people working with clients with disabilities to understand how effective this intervention can be in the care of clients, and how helpful it can be in increasing their level of participation across all environments and decreasing behaviors that decrease or block their access to learning and other opportunities. She has currently copyrighted her information and presentation and is building a train-the-trainer program so this educational piece can be taken further into the communities to support families and clients. She works collaboratively in the community as well, serving as a consultant to several teams and boards to assist in the training of volunteers. She additionally ran the disability ministry at her church for 16 years, and the last two years have been on sabbatical, training and teaching churches how to support these families and clients. Currently, one of her favorite consultant volunteer positions is as a consultant to Wings of Hope Ranch, and programs that support students with all kinds of challenges by matching them with a horse who was also rescued and has challenges. She hopes to help all of us to better understand sensory and how it affects ALL of us—and how interventions can be powerful for success in daily life.