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Discover fun and creative ideas to encourage play time with toys, light play, music, multi-sensory activities and tactile art. Also find seasonal holiday crafts!

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Top 10 Accessible Toys

Toys, Visual Impairment

Top 10 Accessible Toys for Blind Kids

We recently ran a contest asking families to share their favorite toys for their kids who are blind or have other special needs. Here are the top 10 as voted...

Rainbow Wheelchair costume

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

Make Your Own Rainbow Wheelchair Costume

Learn how to make your very own rainbow Halloween costume for your child's wheelchair! The technique is actually easier than it looks.

Halloween crafting ideas for kids with special needs

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

10 Accessible and Sensory-Friendly Halloween Ideas

Find ideas for Halloween crafts and activities that are accessible for blind or visually impaired kids. We've also got a lot of multi-sensory ideas too!

Perkins Playspace

Play, Visual Impairment

Make Your Own Play Space for Your Blind Baby!

Blind babies may need help learning how to interact with and be actively involved in their environment. You can build your own active learning play space so your baby can...

little girl in a wheelchair at the playground

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Accessible Playgrounds

This NPR site provides a list of accessible playgrounds as well as the background behind the hows and whys of making playgrounds accessible to all.

64oz Games

Toys

64oz Games: Accessible Games for Blind Players

Making games accessible to everyone by creating add-on kits to make games work for anyone with blindness or visual impairment.

Kids playing together

Special Needs, Toys

Adapting Toys for Special Kids

An Ohio mom has created a lending library of adapted games for children of all abilities, from those with developmental delays to those with significant disabilities.

Anabel with her stay-put tray

Toys

Make Your Own Stay-Put Tray!

Create your own stay-put toy system on your child's tray! This is perfect for blind babies who often throw their toys then can't find them again on their own.

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Play, Visual Impairment

Accessible Baseball

Summer just isn't summer without a trip to see a Major League Baseball game! Here are tips to make your visit both fun and accessible for children who are blind...

Music Sheet in Braille

Music Play, Visual Impairment

Making Music Accessible to Blind Musicians

A revolutionary 3-D printing system makes music easier to read for blind musicians. Invented by a blind South Korean musician as part of her doctoral dissertation, it makes music accessible...

girl on a wheelchair swing

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Morgan’s Wonderland Accessible Theme Park

Morgan's Wonderland, a theme park in San Antonio Texas, is fully accessible and built for every member of the family.

A foot on a soccer ball

Play, Visual Impairment

Brazil’s Blind Soccer Team

With the World Cup happening, soccer fever is spreading. And if you think there’s no place out on the soccer pitch for a person who is blind, think again, because...

Ivan with his gingerbread house

Holiday Crafts and Ideas

Stay Cool this Summer by Celebrating Christmas in July!

It's hot outside, but you and your child will have a blast staying cool by celebrating Christmas in July! These fun Christmas-themed activities for you and your little ones use...

a birthday present for Ivan

Sensory Activities

Give the Gift of a Sensory Activity!

Looking for a great present for a blind or visually impaired child? How about giving them the gift of a sensory activity! Learn how to make (and give!) homemade edible...

Bug's Bikes logo

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Bug’s Bikes

Bug's Bikes is a charity in Massachusetts that provides adaptive bikes to children whose families need financial assistance.