Safe Toys and Gifts for the Holidays

Winter has come. The holiday season is upon us. As we brace for an impending invasion of family, friends and frosty temperatures — holiday shopping can be an escape everyone enjoys. Finding gifts for children with special needs around the holidays often begets high stress levels. Luckily, the 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Children with […]

Toys for Sensory Integration/Autism: 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Children with Special Needs: Part 4

Our holiday gift guide wraps up today with suggestions for toys that are good for sensory integration and/or those with autism. There’s still 11 days left until Santa Claus comes to town, so if you haven’t finished your holiday shopping, here’s a great place to start. Parts 1-3 of the gift guide focused on auditory […]

Toys to Encourage Language: 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Children with Special Needs: Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of our Holiday Gift Guide! Be sure to check out the first two installments, featuring toys that help with auditory development and those that help practice motor skills. This week we’ll focus on toys that assist children with disabilities by encouraging language skills. As before we’ll focus on lower-cost items ($40 […]

Toys to Practice Motor Skills: 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Children with Special Needs: Part 2

Our holiday gift guide continues! Last week we highlighted some toys to help with auditory development. This time we’ll focus on those that help children with disabilities practice their motor skills – both fine (grasping and hand-eye coordination) and gross (large muscle movement). As before, we’ll focus on lower-cost items ($40 or less) so as […]

Top 10 Tips for Buying Toys for Kids with Special Needs (and toy recommendations)

Toys R Us publishes a wonderful toy guide, Toys R Us Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids, that helps parents pick out gifts for kids with special needs. Their goal is to help people find the right gift based on a child’s ability and identify toys that will stimulate them and promote development. The guide lists the […]

Adaptable Toys

Holiday season has begun! Before you know it Christmas will be here. Why not start searching for Christmas presents early and avoid all the holiday shopping chaos? Here are a few fun Christmas ideas from EnableMart for people with visual impairments or mobility issues: 1. The Etch-A-Sketch Switch Adapted retails for $209.95. This game has four built-in […]