DISABILITY Archives - TOY Design

PLAYING TOGETHER BECOMES POSSIBLE THANKS TO INCLUSIVE DESIGN

Fabio Guaricci — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:47:50 +0000

One of the most common wishes in the hearts of toy designers is to create a toy that can entertain all the children in the world, or at least as many as possible. However, we know that it is not an easy challenge, not by chance designers tend to design for the average user in…

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A TABLET TO HELP AUTISTIC CHILDREN TO COMMUNICATE

Fabio Guaricci — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:41:11 +0000

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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AN INVENTION TO HELP CHILDREN WITH DIABETES

Fabio Guaricci — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:02:16 +0000

Only in Italy, people with diabetes type 1 (DT1) are about 300,000. This specific disease is also called juvenile or insulin-dependent diabetes because it usually occurs at a young age and is treated exclusively with insulin bites. The Mexican designer who designed an invention to help children with diabetes knows this issue really well. Renata Souza Luque…

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INCLUSION THROUGH MUSIC

Fabio Guaricci — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 09:16:53 +0000

To talk about Design for All means approaching design for human diversity, social inclusion and equality. Skoog promises inclusion through music and embodies totally these values: apparently just a soft cube with five semi-spheres on the 5 visible faces, actually an innovative and performing musical interface that hides unexpected applications. This virtuous project born in…

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ROBOTICS AND TOY DESIGN TO SERVICE DISABILITY

Fabio Guaricci — Tue, 16 May 2017 14:20:35 +0000

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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A STORYTELLING TOY FOR KIDS WITH SPEECH DISORDER

Fabio Guaricci — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:59:11 +0000

Speech is something which normally develops in the first three years of life. But sometimes there are kids with speech disorder where the development is significantly delayed and underdeveloped. When a speech disorder is identified it is important to address the disorder as soon as possible, preferably when the child is between 4 to 6…

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A TOY FOR AUTISTIC CHILDREN, BUT NOT ONLY

Fabio Guaricci — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 19:30:58 +0000

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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A TOY THAT TEACHES EMPATHY THROUGH DISABILITY

Fabio Guaricci — Thu, 29 Dec 2016 18:36:02 +0000

Imagine to describe something to a person with disability such as a visually impaired person. What do you think a blind person sees when he feels? What do you think he sees when something is being described to him? The Empathy Toy, originally designed in collaboration with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, is a…

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Toys for Disability and Gianni Rodari

Fabio_Guaricci — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:29:35 +0000

If we want to go ahead as humans I think we must see our limits as opportunities to improve our quality of life for each other. This quote made me think that there is a link between toys for Disability and Gianni Rodari, the Italian writer of novels for kids. I have been inspired by this concept:…

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DESIGN FOR KIDS THAT DOES HAVE A HUGE IMPACT

Fabio_Guaricci — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:05:52 +0000

Please login to Facebook to see this video content. Posted by Upworthy on Martedì 3 novembre 2015 . I have come to know the E-Nable project almost by chance, and it was a good chance indeed! E-Nable is a group of Makers, Engineers, Medical Professionals, Tinkerers, Teachers, Students, Artists, Philanthropists, Parents and “Ideas people” who have…

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