Why a Sensory Room?

Drew’s Room is the only sensory center in the Lewis-Clark Valley as well as the surrounding communities. In fact, there is not a full sensory center for 300+ miles!  Typical indoor playgrounds can be very overwhelming, chaotic, and stressful for neurodivergent children. Drew’s Room gives children, teens and young adults of all abilities access to different rooms in one location that are sensory-driven, as well as calming, with specialized equipment and providing social interactions with others who are like them. 

Some stats!

The combined population of children aged 5-12 in the Lewiston and Clarkston school districts is 3,229 per the 2024-2025 enrollment. Lewiston’s school district total enrollmentin 2024-2025 is 4,381. Of those, 14% have a developmental disability and receive special education services (Lewiston School District). This number has increased by 1% per year since 2022. Clarkston school district’s total enrollment in 2024-2025 is 2,495. Of those, 20% have a developmental

disability. This number is up 0.3% since 2022

(Clarkston School District).

Top conditions in the nation’s special education services are:

• Specific Learning Disability (SLD)  32%
• Speech/language  1.26 million nationwide
• Autism (ASD)  908,371 nationwide

(National Disability Center for Student Success)