Toys for Children with Special Needs
September 28, 2006 by Lei
Filed under Children's Toys
Buying toys all and sundry is part of most family’s lives but for some, like my friend Kristina at Autism Vox, selecting the right toy is more challenging if their children have special needs. The National Lekotek Center is a “central source on toys and play for children with special needs.”
I previously wrote about AblePlay toy ratings. Toys R Us also has an online toy guide for “differently-abled kids.”
Each toy in the 52-page guide includes a detailed description of how it can be used, along with icons indicating whether the toy can stimulate development in such areas as creativity, self esteem, vision or hearing.
via AP Wire Stories
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But Autims in young children and especiall in the preschoolers is a different matter. Study Explains Crucial Deficit In Children With Autism. Young children with autism lag behind peers in distinguishing between animate, inanimate objects. The research is from the Carnegie Mellon University and appears at http://www.emaxhealth.com/37/7830.html