To help guide your search, the team at Enabling Devices, a company dedicated to creating products to help people with disabilities participate fully in the world, suggests that you ask the following questions:
- Is the item right for the child’s abilities?
- Will the child be able to activate the toy by themselves?
- Does it appeal to their interests?
- Is It Physical?
- Do you need a special switch adaptor to activate?
- Does the toy encourage interaction with others?
- Is it safe for their developmental age?
- Is it fragile?