Occupational therapy and mechanical engineering students adapted 11 motorized toy vehicles. It was all part of Scranton's Go Baby Go chapter.

But at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where Michael is a patient, Carlisle learned about “adapted toys.” These are toys that have been modified so that special needs children can play with them, too.

Former Rutgers player Eric LeGrand was one of the people featured in new advertisements for the toys Growing up, Christopher Reeve‘s son, Will, would have “loved to race cars or toss a ball ...

However, those toys can be hard for kids with disabilities to maneuver and the students in the Westlake High School robotics program are working on a fix.

A toy that I would purchase for my kids at $20, if it's switch adapted, it was closer to $200, which is mind boggling!" Kids with disabilities can use these toys to communicate, sharpen motor ...

The adapted toys produced at the workshops are donated to schools and clinics and Alyssa Spomer, a 4th year PhD Mechanical Engineering student and HuskyADAPT’s current Student Chair, is keen to ...

NDSU is partnering with area therapy groups to help distribute the donated toys. They’re also encouraging any suggestions for any child in need of an adapted toy.

The toys donated to Starlight on Friday were designed by Soto-Caban's freshman students and the Wilson brothers. "I tried to bring it to this area because there's nothing like this here," she said.

Now, she can disassemble and solder the toys within 5 to 10 minutes. Adapting toys by hand is often more cost-effective then buying pre-adapted toys off the shelves.

More than a thousand adapted toys donated to kids with disabilities By Sia Nyorkor Published: Nov. 30, 2017 at 5:49 PM EST|Updated: Nov. 30, 2017 at 7:18 PM EST ...

AbleRacers startup in Centre County makes adaptive toys for kids. The company won Bellefonte SpringBoard’s Startup Challenge, and was awarded $3,000 to execute a marketing plan.

Updated: Dec 8, 2016 / 11:32 PM EST KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The East Tennessee Technology Center hosted their annual Toy Tech party Thursday night to hand out adapted toys to children with disabilities.