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Most everyone participates in an activity that keeps them calm and centered, including yoga, listening to music or praying.
Weaving is Kristin Kilmark’s choice of calming activity. As a young adult with autism — a central nervous system disability that affects social and sensory processing — and with cognitive disabilities, Kilmark finds that the craft work soothes her to external distractions, keeping her anchored in the world. 
Kristin Kilmark creates jute and hemp trivets — and awareness of living with autism.
It’s also become a small business, Kristin’s Creations. Through her Web site
“I take [my weaving] everywhere,” said the member of St. Stephen Lutheran Church, Monona, Wis. “I have it with me when I’m at church, in the back.”
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