AUTISM Archives - TOY Design https://www.toy-design.com/category/autism/ Toy Design Studio and Blog Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:41:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.toy-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/favicon-toydesign.png AUTISM Archives - TOY Design https://www.toy-design.com/category/autism/ 32 32 A TABLET TO HELP AUTISTIC CHILDREN TO COMMUNICATE https://www.toy-design.com/tablet-help-autistic-children-communicate/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:41:11 +0000 https://www.toy-design.com/?p=4959 This article is about a nice case study from Italy on design for autism that shows how the careful observation of the ‘state of the art’, can lead to an actualization and a useful and beneficial redesign for all the actors of a system. Blu(e) is a tablet to help autistic children to communicate and was…

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]]> 4959 ROBOTICS AND TOY DESIGN TO SERVICE DISABILITY https://www.toy-design.com/robotics-and-toy-design-to-service-disability/ Tue, 16 May 2017 14:20:35 +0000 https://www.toy-design.com/?p=3653 Nowadays the implementation of technology into medical environment is an hot topic, like the one of collaboration between robotics and toy design to service disability. There are plenty of case studies to demonstrate how progress in these fields is run by enlightened minds and by project teams made by people with different and sometimes opposite…

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]]> 3653 A TOY FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN, BUT NOT ONLY https://www.toy-design.com/a-toy-for-autistic-children-but-not-only/ Sun, 05 Mar 2017 19:30:58 +0000 https://www.toy-design.com/?p=2994 When we talk about autistic children and toys for them, we often associate a specific category called ‘special toys for special children’.  It means that there are some toys designed for children with special needs such as autism, cerebral palsy or learning disabilities and so on. Pooki, designed by Tina Tran Dinh, a student of…

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]]> 2994 PLAY THERAPY AND TOYS FOR HOSPITAL PREPARATION https://www.toy-design.com/design-toys-play-therapy-hospital-preparation/ Mon, 02 May 2016 09:48:24 +0000 https://www.toy-design.com/?p=2247 Hospitals usually are uncomfortable and unfamiliar places for kids; examinations and operations are a cause of anxiety and fear in the little patients. Play therapy and toys for hospital preparation can relieve these feelings by informing and preparing children about what to expect during their hospital visit. Novel Hospital Toy, is a wooden toy designed by Hikaru Inamura targeting on psychological care for…

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