Aussie Toy Hackers
A community who's goal is to adapt toys to bring smiles to children who have limited mobility. Inspired by Santa's Little Hackers.
Off to a great start 46 degrees and minus participants due to “life” but we had some fun. All good
21/01/2020
Links to products used in the video if interested:
https://www.bunnings.com.au/antsig-3m-3-5mm-male-to-3-5mm-female-audio-cable_p4360454
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Automatic-Electric-Cable-Wire-Stripper-Multifunctional-Cutter-Crimper-Pliers/152578794145?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item238667a2a1:g:tTMAAOSwlXpcmtk4
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/light-up-melody-bear/598311
Light Up Melody Bear | Kmart Light up your toddler's life with this light up bear and blanket. The three familiar melodies are soothing and encourages interest in music and sounds.
13/01/2020
http://www.inclusive.co.uk/catalogue/inclusive-technology-catalogue-2020.html?page=73. Some ideas of switch adapted toys
12/01/2020
My son teaching me how to solder and a little about circuit boards... even so we adapted 2 toys yesterday. I’ll put pics in the comment
10/01/2020
Has anyone had any success using one of these? I couldn’t get it to work.
08/01/2020
https://tad.org.au/project/switch-adapted-toys/ #.
Switch adapted toys - TAD | Personalised Technology and Equipment Five year old Kayla is a happy and sociable little girl. She has Rett Syndrome, a regressive disorder, which is causing her to lose the speech she had when she was younger and a lot of the functionality of her hands. She also has apraxia and dyspraxia meaning her body doesn’t always cooperate with...
08/01/2020
08/01/2020
Check this page out. I have sent a message to see if they would be interested in sharing ideas and technical tips :)
Santa's Little Hackers
Santa's Little Hackers is a seasonal event to adapt toys for children and adults with disabilities.
https://linktr.ee/MaxModsSLH
hello! So my daughter was blessed this year by receiving a toy from Santa's Little Hackers. A fantastic group of people overseas who get together and adapt toys for children with disabilities. Our wonderful Ot Lisa and I were speaking today about how I would love to learn to adapt more toys not only for my daughter but for other children as well.
So as not to let this just be a nice idea that is put on the shelf I have decided to invite others in to start! So I have created this page to enable to toss ideas around and to start to learn what we need to do, to share ideas and hopefully build community and support for each other in the process. So if you have stumbled upon this page by accident... welcome , Please share your wisdom.
If you see a concern, please bring a solution when you raise a concern. Please remember to be respectful to each other, and share the joy that comes with putting a smile on a child's face as they are able to play with a toy themselves because you made it happen :)