The Adapted Toy Giveaway
As a parent, therapist, or family member of a person with complex physical needs, you know how hard it can be to find activities, games, and toys that fit their needs. It is SO important to us that we find ways for the children of our community to be able to independently participate, play, and engage in meaningful, fun, and exciting ways! Hence, the birth of the Adapted Toy Giveaway.
Each winter, Believe Beyond Ability and its' volunteers adapt nearly 100 toys to make them more accessible to children and adults with fine and gross motor disabilities. Donations provided by our community fund the purchase of these toys, and our AMAZING volunteers come out to help us create adaptations. For many toys, this means creating the ability to plug in a switch (jelly bean switch/button) so that they can access it wherever they have independent movement (e.g., hand, elbow, head, toes, etc).
It is an INCREDIBLE sight to see a child with a disability play independently.
Each December, Believe Beyond Ability hosts an Adapted Toy Giveaway, to provide these newly adapted toys FREE to a family with a child with a disability. The 2022 Adapted Toy Giveaway will be in early December. Check back here, or follow us on Instagram and Facebook, to get updates on the date/location.
Each winter, Believe Beyond Ability and its' volunteers adapt nearly 100 toys to make them more accessible to children and adults with fine and gross motor disabilities. Donations provided by our community fund the purchase of these toys, and our AMAZING volunteers come out to help us create adaptations. For many toys, this means creating the ability to plug in a switch (jelly bean switch/button) so that they can access it wherever they have independent movement (e.g., hand, elbow, head, toes, etc).
It is an INCREDIBLE sight to see a child with a disability play independently.
Each December, Believe Beyond Ability hosts an Adapted Toy Giveaway, to provide these newly adapted toys FREE to a family with a child with a disability. The 2022 Adapted Toy Giveaway will be in early December. Check back here, or follow us on Instagram and Facebook, to get updates on the date/location.
The 2021 Adapted Toy Giveaway
We had an amazing turnout for our December 2021 adapted toy giveaway! We had nearly 100 available toys, that had been adapted for children with physical disabilities.
New this year, we also had several booths with volunteers, providing amazing demonstrations. One booth focused on communication: we discussed how to use voice output switches (talk points and step by steps), low tech picture supports, low tech eye gaze boards, and had handouts for people to take. The booth was run by our speech and occupational therapist volunteers.
The other booths focused on teaching the parents and guardians HOW to adapt a toy. They walked through the steps and materials necessary, and some people got to leave with an extra adapted toy, they completed themselves!
Thank you to our AMAZING volunteers, and thank you to our Believe community for coming out!!
New this year, we also had several booths with volunteers, providing amazing demonstrations. One booth focused on communication: we discussed how to use voice output switches (talk points and step by steps), low tech picture supports, low tech eye gaze boards, and had handouts for people to take. The booth was run by our speech and occupational therapist volunteers.
The other booths focused on teaching the parents and guardians HOW to adapt a toy. They walked through the steps and materials necessary, and some people got to leave with an extra adapted toy, they completed themselves!
Thank you to our AMAZING volunteers, and thank you to our Believe community for coming out!!
Check out this YouTube video from our 2019 Adapted Toy Giveaway!