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Fun Toy for Disabled Children

This presentation discusses the design of a captivating toy for disabled children, focusing on adaptability, cost-efficiency, and user interests. It covers the background of disabilities, stimuli, toy characteristics, and adaptive technology. Research, completed work, and future goals are also outlined.

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Fun Toy for Disabled Children

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  1. Fun Toy for Disabled Children Oral Presentation 1 Nicole Terpak Kandice Kolerus January 31, 2000 Advisors: Kevin Robinson, Nancy Darr

  2. Overview / Goals • Design / Modify toy for disabled children • Need for a captivating toy • Don’t want the child to be frustrated • Allow for a lower cost design of an adaptive toy

  3. Questions • What abilities does the child possess? • Is the child able to physically move the object? • What are the child interests?

  4. Background - Disabilities • Motor Impairment • Causes • Accident • Birth • Difficulties • lack of fine motor skills

  5. Stimuli for Disabled Children • Colors • Music • Toys that talk/move • Simple • Lights

  6. Toy Characteristics • Switch activated • Light weight • Unbreakable/Durable • Specific to child • Safe

  7. Background - Adaptive Tech. • Switches • Teach cause-effect skills and control of physical movements • How they work • Interrupters • Battery adaptors • Toy cables

  8. Work Completed • Research • Adaptive toys • Assistive technology • Switches • Disabilities present in children • Contacted Lekotek • provide information on assistive technology

  9. Current Work • Complete research and background knowledge • Finding information on how to make a switch (circuit design)

  10. Future Work • Apply homemade switch to a toy • Make the toy versatile to respond to different stimuli

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