The current smart toy research has not fully acknowledged the existing research on
traditional toys. Instead, the focus has been on the digital layer of smart toys. This study …

Interaction design and tangible computing offer rich opportunities for supporting children
with impairments by means of enhanced therapeutic toys and educational materials. In order …

Therapy in early childhood is facilitated through toys and play. While mainstream toys are
designed for children, therapeutic toys need to satisfy requirements from clinicians …

An effort to solve real-world problems through the creation of new or improved products,
such as rehabilitation or therapeutic devices, requires a human-centred design approach …

Rehabilitation exercises performed by children with cerebral palsy are tedious and
repetitive. To make them more engaging, we propose to use an exergame approach, where …

In this study, we examine the question of individualized versus average learning using a toy
that allows children with mild autism to play color-matching games and math games. The toy …

The task clarification stage is characterised by a high degree of uncertainty due to the lack of
information available to the designer at the beginning of a new design project. For this …

The first step to literacy is engagement with books and the printed word. This is even more
important for children who are blind or have severe low vision, as active touch is required for …

Task clarification poses various challenges to designers as they need to understand the
different needs of users before translating the requirements into specifications and aptly …

We taught basic principles of digital fabrication to four early intervention therapists that were
specialized in the training of children with cerebral visual impairment and related disabilities …