Lets Play

A Guide to Toys for Children with Special Needs

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Introduction
Over 6.2 million children live with disabilities, accounting for 13.2% percent of the child population. Millions of parents, grandparents and other family members struggle to find the best play and educational products for children with special needs. Every day, parents ask professionals for advice on buying play products for their children. Often shoppers are wary of buying toys for children with special needs. However, selecting a toy for any child begins with two steps: first, learning what the child is interested in, and second, assessing his or her skill level. After that is decided, there are literally thousands of toys out there that will be a great fit for your child. Now the toughest part lies ahead choosing from all the terrific products! Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), in partnership with Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) and American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), has researched and tested hundreds of toys, and the end result a comprehensive guide of the best toys for children with all types of special needs, of all ages, with different interests kept in mind. Toys in the guide were tested by over 100 toy experts, children with a variety of special needs at a number of testing centers all over the country. The toys featured in this Guide were selected by individuals from these two organizations based on the toys play value for children with special needs. Whether shopping for a three-year-old visually impaired child or a ten-year-old with developmental disabilities, Lets Play is an excellent resource for finding the perfect toy, sure to put a smile on your childs face. As you review the Guide, you will find a description of the toy, along with an explanation of skills the toy will encourage and build during playtime. From time to time, you may see a quote included in a toy description that comes directly from a parent, caregiver or teacher who was involved in the testing, to give you a more hands-on feel about the toy and the enjoyment it provided to the child. Each toy will also contain one of the following labels that indicates who may find the toy most enjoyable. PI, HI, B, LV and DD. These are defined as: PI= Physical Impairment Children with physical impairments (children with less than optimal use of their hands or children with some motor control challenges) were able to play with this toy. Physical impairments include cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. Features to look for when selecting toys for children with a physical impairment include large parts that make a toy easy to grasp, and a sturdy base to secure a toy in its place. HI=Hearing Impairment While many toys are appropriate for children with hearing impairments, these toys included one or more of the following: lights or visual feedback, volume control, interesting texture or surface or some other unique feature that made it appropriate for a child with a hearing impairment. B/LV= Blind or Low Vision Although children with visual impairments may enjoy many toys in this Guide, these toys are rated particularly high because of their sounds and interesting textures or surfaces that provide sensory stimulation. Also, children with moderate visual impairments can enjoy toys that include bright lights. For a fully accessible version of this Guide for visually impaired readers, please visit www.afb.org/toyguide.asp. DD=Developmental Disabilities Children with developmental disabilities including Down syndrome, autism and mental retardation enjoyed playing with this toy. When selecting toys for children with these disabilities, look for products that encourage them to act out real life situations such as playing school, or interacting with action figures and dolls. When using this Guide remember that these are our suggestions and reflect the results that we had with children in our testing. Many toys can be adapted for even more children to use, especially those with special needs. For great ideas and specific instructions on how to adapt toys, visit the Family Place in CyberSpace section at the Alliance for Technology Access website: www.ATAccess.org. Also keep in mind that age ranges posted for each toy are assigned by the manufacturer based on a child with no special needs. The most effective way to find the perfect toy is to base your decision upon your childs interest and skill level. We encourage you to be creative and imaginative when selecting toys for the child in your life --- and watch them experience the joy and happiness of play! Remember that these toys are only a sampling of the great products available for your child. There are many toys currently on store shelves that will excite, engage and enthrall your child. So, after reviewing this guide and doing your homework we encourage you to hit the shelves (either online or at your local store) and have fun! Play isnt just important for kids!

Crazy Legs Learning Bug

VTech Electronics, LLC A cute pull-along pair goes with babies everywhere. Six light-up shapes attached to little bugs noodle legs fit in the big bugs sorter slots to teach shapes, numbers, colors and music. Promotes use of auditory tracking skills, awareness of sound and tactile exploration. For ages 12 months+. $17.99 PI, B, LV, DD

Turn-A-Word Apple

VTech Electronics, LLC An apple for a teacher! Nine spinning blocks and three cute bug buttons on this bright red apple teach babys first words, while a cheerful caterpillar starts the Alphabet Song sing-along. Very good to promote body/motor skills. Stimulates available hearing and vision and encourages social skills. For ages 6 months+. $12.99 PI, HI, DD

Shake N Go Speedway

Fisher-Price Features flashing lights and all the sounds of a real speedway. The coolest thing about this Speedway is the IR technology it actually knows who won the race and announces it at the finish! The best toy for cause and effect. I would definitely buy this toy for my boys. Encourages use of daily living skills, stimulates available hearing and vision, and promotes creative experimentation. For ages 3+. $39.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Fishing in the Tub

ALEX Grab your fishing pole and hook a big one! The plastic fishing pole is the perfect size for little anglers as they hook colorful EVA foam fish. Promotes creative expression, encourages use of motor skills and promotes tactile exploration. For ages 2+. $9.99 HI, DD

Vehicles

Pretend/Role Play Toys
Tonka Chuck & Friends Talkin Assortment
Hasbro, Inc. Kids will make a friend for life with Tonka Chuck & Friends Talkin Assortment. Each bright and colorful vehicle has its own loveable personality that magically comes to life; simply roll the vehicle and Chuck & Friends begin chattering away! Encourages creative play and stimulates available vision and hearing. For ages 2+. $14.99 PI, B, LV, DD

Play Mat

ALEX All roads lead to fun! A take-along play mat that folds into a toy bag. Open it up anywhere. Open mat measures 36 x 36. Promotes exploration of environment, awareness of sounds and also stimulates imagination. For ages 0+. $14.99 B, LV, DD
Thomas Mail Delivery Big Loader
TOMY Corporation Little Engineers love to put Thomas and his friends to work with Thomas Mail Delivery Big Loader. Watch Thomas, Percy and Harold load, fill, empty and fly in motorized harmony to get the Island of Sodor mail delivered on time. The mail never stops coming and Thomas and these faithful friends never stop smiling! Encourages creative play and stimulates imagination. Promotes exploration of environment. For ages 3+. $24.99 DD
My Sweet Kitchen Cook N Sizzle Kitchen
Fisher-Price Preschoolers will be cooking up a storm with this brand new mini kitchen system with special touches and realistic details like soft fabric curtains and metalized cooking pans. Encourages creative play and social skills, promotes awareness of sound and encourages use of daily living skills. For ages 2+. $19.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Learning Connections Train
LeapFrog Enterprises The Learning Connections Train comes with five cars, an engine and three modes of play that provide an introduction to numbers, colors, animal names, animal sounds and music. This hands-on, fun learning train displays different numbers and objects, which correspond to the number on the car, further reinforcing the number/object correlation. Promotes use of auditory tracking skills, promotes tactile exploration and encourages use of motor skills. For ages 9 months - 3 years. $24.99 B, LV, DD
Cool Crew Team Talkin Tool Bench
Hasbro, Inc. With the help of three talkin buddies, children can hammer, nail and even have the availability to build a plane. As youngsters interact with the playful pals, the Cool Crew friends respond with fun phrases, sounds and motion! Promotes creative expression, encourages use of daily living skills and promotes exploration of the environment. For ages 3+. $34.99 PI, B, LV, DD

Battle Crawlers Arena

Wild Planet Toys Cheer your crawler on as it confronts opposing bugs, flipping them over to claim victory or intensify the competition by adding bridges or splitting the battleground. Bugs pushed over the edge of the arena experience defeat. Encourages creative use of motor skills, stimulates available vision and hearing. For ages 6+. $14.99-19.99 B, LV
Spy Light Hand IQ Preschool Baby Dress Up Kitty
Small World Toys This smiling, huggable cat teaches children how to dress. It comes with shoes that tie and buckle, pants that pull on, button and snap, a shirt with Velcro, a jacket that zippers, plus mittens on strings! Encourages use of daily living skills, motor skills and promotes exploration of environment. For ages 18 months+. $25.00 PI, HI, B, LV, DD Wild Planet Toys With the Spy Light Hand youll have illuminating power right at your fingertips. The handmounted tool features four red glowing tubes with light-piping technology and ambidextrous usability. Wearing the Spy Light Hand allows you to read secret messages in the dark. Promotes creative expression, tactile exploration and encourages creative play. For ages 6+. $4.99-6.99 PI, HI, DD

Aquapets

Wild Planet Toys The Aquapets react to sounds made by their owners as well as by fellow Aquapet friends. They seek love, nourishment and attention and reward their caregivers with happy melodies and joyous dances. Each Aquapet has its own unique sounds and songs. Encourages the use of daily living skills, encourages creative play and introduces cause and effect. For ages 5+. $9.99-14.99 DD
Spy Night Patrol-Listener
Wild Planet Toys Special yellow-tinted, impact-resistant goggles with bright blue LED lights help you navigate at night while keeping your hands free for collecting evidence. The microphone mounted above the ear picks up sound from the distance and amplifies it through the attached ear bud. Fun and interactive with friends and siblings. Encourages creative play and social skills and stimulates imagination. For ages 6+. $12.99 PI, HI, DD

Battle Crawlers

Wild Planet Toys Each Battle Crawler is based on a real bug and, just as in nature, has its own special features to help it survive. The interchangeable heads, swappable shells, and quick-change wheels of each bug encourage players to explore different building possibilities for a variety of performance options. Stimulates available hearing, promotes awareness of sounds, encourages creative play. For ages 6+. $4.99-7.99 B, LV

LiquiFreaks

Wild Planet Toys LiquiFreaks are a funny and funky new brand of interactive pets. These encapsulated threedimensional collectable creatures make silly noises and gross sounds in response to various actions from their owners. Encourages the use of daily living skills, encourages creative play and introduces cause and effect. For ages 5+. $9.99-14.99 PI, DD

Tub Tunes Water Drums

big BOING Drum roll, please! Water Drums instruments encourage budding musicians to explore the principles of rhythm and play songs as they splish-splash in the bath. No musical experience needed. Stimulates available hearing and vision, promotes use of auditory tracking skills and introduces cause and effect. For ages 4-8. $9.99 PI, B, LV, DD

Neurosmith Music Blocks

Small World Toys Allows children to create over a million different musical compositions while experimenting with shapes, colors, sequences and sounds. This interactive activity toy inspires a love of music while teaching color and shape recognition, cause and effect and critical thinking skills. Introduces cause and effect, encourages use of motor skills and stimulates available hearing. For ages 2+. $19.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Musical Toys

Tub Tunes Water Flutes
big BOING Are you ready for a little water music? With Water Flutes instruments, you can experiment with music and learn to play songs during bath time. These real musical flutes can be tuned with water to create a variety of sounds. Stimulates available vision and hearing, stimulates imagination and encourages the use of motor skills. For ages 4-8. $9.99 PI, DD
Neurosmith Together Tunes Music Block
Small World Toys This giant, interactive cube features color illustrations and plays 6 classic sing-along songs, each in high-quality sound. Also features 6 activities, including lifting flaps, a jack-in-thebox, a tactile teddy bear, a retractable rumble spider, and a peek-a-boo mirror. Encourages use of daily living skills, stimulates available hearing and vision and stimulates imagination. For ages 6 months+. $60.00 PI, B, LV, DD

Playsets

Tub Island - Racing Around
ALEX In a hurry? Zip around this floating town with your cars. Float your ship in the harbor or land your plane on the runway. Makes bath time an adventure for imaginative play every time. Encourages use of daily living skills, stimulates available vision and stimulates imagination. For ages 2+. $14.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
Weebles Weeblywobbly Tree House
Hasbro, Inc. The wacky characters can spin on the whirly water wheel, hide in the secret playroom or look through the telescope. For more activity, take a slide down the tree house, rock on the silly rocking chair, or build in the carpenter shop out back. Encourages creative play, encourages social skills and use of motor skills. For ages 18 months+. $29.99 PI, HI, DD
Little People A to Z Learning Zoo
Fisher-Price The Little People A to Z Learning Zoo introduces toddlers to the letters of the alphabet through classic animal play. The Zoo features a zoo playset and an interactive play mat with an alphabet trail highlighting letters from A to Z. Stimulates available hearing, promotes tactile exploration and introduces cause and effect. For ages 2-5. $39.99 PI, DD
Thomas Load and Carry Set
LEGO Systems, Inc. This set comes with everything kids need to build their very own train station! Moveable light signal and cargo tower with slide functionality add to the fun. Includes Thomas and 16 pieces of train tracks. Encourages creative play, promotes tactile expression and stimulates available hearing. For ages 2-6. $29.99 DD
FurReal Friends Newborn Luv Cubs
Hasbro, Inc. Lovable, cuddly baby bear cubs that belong right in your arms! Tickle their tummies and they will stretch out their arms to ask you for love! Watch their eyes open and close and listen to them make adorable baby bear cub sounds! Pet the soft fur on their backs as you cuddle them. Encourages social skills, use of daily living skills and promotes auditory tracking skills. For ages 4+. $12.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Little Taggie

Taggies, Incorporated This portable, fleece snuggle partner is perfect for newborns as well as the mobile toddler. Each Little Taggie has 20 visual, tactile and vibrant tags around its border, offering hours of interactive entertainment, fine motor skill development and comfort. Stimulates available vision, promotes body awareness and promotes exploration of environment. For ages 0+. $19.95 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

FurReal Friends Smoochie Pup

Dolls/Stuffed Toys

Hasbro, Inc. Smoochie Pup will show how much she loves you by giving you a big doggy kiss as you play with her! Simply kiss or pet the end of her nose and shell kiss you back. Promotes creative expression, stimulates available hearing and available vision, and introduces cause and effect. For ages 4+. $19.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
The Jester Has Lost His Jingle by David Saltzman and The Jester & Pharley Doll
The Jester & Pharley Phund The Jester & Pharley book and doll are distributed exclusively by The Jester & Pharley Phund, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation benefiting ill and special-needs children and literacy programs. In this charming tale, The Jester awakes one morning to find laughter missing in his kingdom and he and Pharley set off on a quest to find it. The doll is designed with pliable limbs and invites children to interact with the character. The book and doll together encourage social skills, promote use of auditory tracking skills and exploration while stimulating the imagination. The storys message, reaffirmed by the doll, promotes self-esteem, reminding children that laughter is always inside them and to never give up. Book: For all ages. $20.00. Doll: For ages 3+. $40.00 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Plush Aquapets

Wild Planet Toys Plush Aquapets feature realistic character detail and their chirps, beeps and jingles mimic the sounds of the original Aquapets. These cozy creatures are made of soft brushed terrycloth and supple stuffing, perfect for cuddling and hugging. Stimulates available vision and hearing and encourages social skills. For ages 2+. $10.99 B, LV
Little Hands Easy Grip Markers
ALEX Fifteen bright colors to create a masterpiece. Noroll triangular barrels are perfect for little hands to hold and wont roll off tables. Stores in a convenient canister. Encourages social skills, use of motor skills and encourages social skills. For ages 3+. $5.99 PI, HI, DD
Leapster Learning Game System
LeapFrog Enterprises Teaches in the way kids love to play! Children can play action-packed games that teach essential skills for Pre-K to 4th grade. Multiple learning levels, tailored tutorials and a wide variety of learning games ensure that children are learning essential skills while playing the video games that they love. Promotes awareness of sounds, stimulates available hearing and vision, and stimulates imagination. For ages 4+. $69.99 PI, DD

Poster Painter Activity Set
ALEX Create patterns and make colorful pictures with washable sponge tip markers. Contains 8 Poster Painters and 48 Activity Pictures specially designed for ALEX Poster Painters. Encourages creative play, stimulates imagination and available vision. For ages 3+. $19.99 PI, HI, DD

My First LeapPad Bus

LeapFrog Enterprises With a fun new school bus shape and color, the My First LeapPad learning system is the complete way to prepare for the first day of kindergarten! The My First LeapPad platform works with the entire library of My First LeapPad books to prepare children for the first day of school by introducing pre-reading, pre-writing and other preschool skills. Encourages use of motor skills, stimulates available hearing and encourages social skills. For ages 3-5. $24.99 PI, DD

Educational Toys

Huggy Smart ABCs
Hooray! This wonderful set of magnetic letters has traditional soft-flocking, and each letter is easy for small hands to grasp. Their bright colors and soft-flocked texture encourage play and early learning. The set comes in its own custom-designed carrying case for convenient storage and travel. Great introduction for young children to the alphabet; my two-year-old loves it. Encourages use of motor skills, introduces cause and effect and stimulates imagination. For ages 2+. $45.95 PI, HI, DD
Giant Alphabet Set Uppercase
School-Rite Offered in a 2-inch format, Giant Alphabet Sets are for children beginning to write the alphabet. They feature 2-inch letters on individual templates with sample letters for identification. Promotes tactile expression, creative experimentation and stimulate available vision. For ages 3-7. $24.50 DD
Manuscript Handwriting Guide
School-Rite School-Rite Handwriting Instruction Guides feature 1-inch letters on an 8.5 x 11 template. They include sample letters for identification, numbered stroke sequence and arrows showing proper stroke direction. Ruled lines illustrate correct letter proportion, spacing and placement. Great tool for independent writing skills. Encourages social skills, promotes creative experimentation and promotes body awareness. For ages 4-10. $10.95 DD

Junior Stomp Rocket Kit

D & L Company The award-winning Junior Stomp Rocket Kit allows children to simply jump on the bulb and a burst of air launches the all-foam rocket up to 100 feet. My son with autism enjoyed making rockets shoot up into the sky, trees and on the house roof. Encourages creative play and social skills. Also promotes exploration of environment. For ages 3+. $10.00-12.00 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
All Terrain Steel and Wood Wagon
Radio Flyer The Original Little Red Wagon with high wooden stake sides and big brawny air tires can handle any terrain. Air tires provide a super soft, super quiet ride and the full-sized, all-steel seamless body comes with no-scratch edges. Stimulates imagination and encourages social skills. Also promotes exploration of the environment and motor skills. Great for improving gross motor skills. For ages 18 months+. $120.00 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Activity/Outdoor Toys

Batman Tabletop Pinball Machine
Funrise Toy Corporation Bring the arcade gaming experience home with the Batman Tabletop Pinball Game. This game machine features authentic Batman graphic designs with real lights and cool effects. Promotes awareness of sound and stimulates available vision. For ages 5+. $19.99 HI, DD
Deluxe Canopy Steering Trike
Radio Flyer Give your little one a thrilling ride around the block in this Radio Flyer Deluxe Canopy Steering Trike. Freewheeling pedals let the little passenger coast while the adult turns the front wheel with a push handle. Promotes awareness of sounds, stimulates available vision and imagination. For ages 2-5. $80.00 PI, HI, DD

Gazillion Bubble Machine

Funrise Toy Corporation Simply pour the Gazillion bubble solution into the solution reservoir, switch the Bubble Machine on and watch it blow gazillions of colorful bubbles. Great for parties! Includes 4 oz. bottle of Gazillion bubble solution. Encourages creative play and social skills. Also stimulates available vision. For ages 3+. $9.99 PI, HI, DD

Pathfinder Wagon

Radio Flyer With seat backs and a seat belt, kids will be extra safe while having fun in this wagon. Seats fold up for a comfortable ride, or fold down for maximum hauling capacity. The extra-long handle for easy pulling also folds under for easy storage. Stimulates imagination and encourages social skills. Also promotes exploration of the environment and motor skills. For ages 18 months+. $80.00 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Bath Time Adventures Dinosaur Island
big BOING Roam with the Stegosaurus! Fly with the Pteranodon! You can transform your bathtub into a lush, prehistoric marsh with these fully illustrated foam shapes. Get ready to ignite your imagination and journey through prehistoric Bath Time Adventures.alone or with your family! Introduces cause and effect, promotes creative experimentation and encourages use of motor skills. For ages 4-8. $9.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

50 Model Building Set

KNEX Industries, Inc. The ultimate building set, offering a range of challenges for beginners to KNEXperts! Includes kid-friendly instructions for building 50 models across a range of themes. Complete with battery-powered motor for models that move! Encourages creative play, promotes tactile exploration and creative expression. For ages 8+. $49.99 HI, DD
Creature Creator Art Foams
big BOING Enter a magical world where pigs can fly and elephants, too! The Creature Creator Art Foams set includes colorful foam cutouts that float in the water and stick to bathtub walls. Mix and match the shapes to create animals, friendly robots and magical, mystical creatures. Stimulates imagination, introduces cause and effect, stimulates available vision and encourages creative play. For ages 2-7. $7.99 PI, HI, DD

250 Piece Value Tub

KNEX Industries, Inc. Packed with 250 KNEX pieces for lots & lots of open-ended building fun. With kidfriendly inspiration for 20 models, this building set comes in a convenient storage tub. Encourages creative play, promotes tactile exploration and creative experimentation. For ages 6-12. $19.99 HI, DD

Building Toys

WEDGITS Starter Set
ImagAbility Incorporated This open-ended building set introduces the little ones to the spatial world of angles, color matching and creative, free-play designing. The Starter set has large blocks providing fun for the family with toddlers and individuals with special needs. Promotes tactile exploration, encourages use of motor skills and stimulates available vision. For ages 2+. $20.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
Wings N Wheels Building Set
KNEX Industries, Inc. For the high-flying beginner to intermediate builders, the Wings N Wheels building set lets kids create their favorite rolling and flying machines. Includes a kid-friendly book of stepby-step instructions for building 20 models. Stimulates imagination, promotes creative expression and exploration of environment. For ages 6-12. $19.99 DD

Bulls-Eye Bounce & Roll
Hasbro, Inc. Provides arcade-style play but this time, the fun is in the preschool aisle! During the game, electronic music and lights flash as players score points. Each game has three modes of play to meet the childs skill level Target Practice, Match Me and High Score Challenge. An electronic announcer keeps track of your score, as well as the high score. Great for gross motor activity; it really engaged my son! Encourages use of daily living skills, stimulates available vision and hearing and stimulates imagination. For ages 3+. $34.99 PI, DD

WEE WEDGITS

ImagAbility Incorporated This soft, poly-vinyl block set has smooth, rounded edges that provide hours of squeezystacking fun for children. The five nesting blocks provide quiet play and the soft design provides a gentle, playset offering for high-energy children. Introduces cause and effect, encourages use of motor skills and encourages creative play. For ages 1+. $10.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
Scene It? Junior Edition BUCKAROO Game
Hasbro Games The saddle-stacking game with a moody mule! With concentration and a steady hand, little cowboys and cowgirls try to place the gear on the moody mules saddle, with the hopes he wont buck. Encourages social skills, promotes exploration of environment and body awareness. For ages 4+. $15.99 PI, HI, DD
Screenlife, LLC The game challenges children to test their knowledge of movies and popular culture. It includes scenes and images from 180 movies and television shows. This game is so much fun! We played it over and over! Encourages creative play. For ages 8+. $29.99 PI, DD

Crocodile Dentist

Hasbro Games Players try to fix the poor Crocs sore tooth, without upsetting the snap-happy patient. Each player takes a turn being the dentist and must carefully choose one of the crocodiles teeth and push it down. If they press the Crocs bad tooth snap, the crocodile will playfully bite down and that player is out of the game. The whole family loved this game. Stimulates available vision, introduces cause and effect and encourages social skills. For ages 4+. $15.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
Puzzibilities Alphabet Out Loud Puzzle
Small World Toys As each puzzle piece is correctly placed, the puzzle speaks the corresponding letter and word! The talking wooden alphabet boosts vocabulary and reading skills. Encourages creative play, social skills and introduces cause and effect. For ages 2-5. $24.99 PI, B, LV, DD

Games/Puzzles

Puzzibilities Counting Out Loud Puzzles Jenga Game
Hasbro Games Pull out the lower blocks and stack them on top, without toppling the tower. Stimulates imagination, available vision and introduces cause and effect. For ages 8+. $10.99 PI, HI, DD

Small World Toys As each puzzle piece is correctly placed, the puzzle speaks the corresponding number and word! Talking wooden number puzzle helps teach counting and early math skills; puzzle pieces are magnetized, for use on any metallic surface. Encourages creative play, social skills and introduces cause and effect. For ages 2-5. $24.99 PI, HI, B, LV, DD
Doctor Dreadful Freaky Food Lab
Funrise Toy Corporation With the Doctor Dreadful Freaky Food Lab, you can make 20 diabolically delicious experiments. The best part is you can build your own laboratory and eat everything you make! The Freaky Food Lab comes with an injector station to make gruesome gooey creatures, lab links to custom build your lab, experiment cards, a skull bowl, food packets and more! Stimulates imagination and encourages creative play. For ages 5+. $24.99 DD

Company Information

ALEX big BOING D & L Company Fisher-Price Funrise Toy Corporation Hasbro, Inc.
800-666-ALEX 510-653-0349 800-NEAT-TOY 800-432-KIDS 800-882-3808 800-327-8264 888-836-7025 866-278-7785 877-WEDGITS 800-9-JESTER 800-822-5639 800-701-LEAP 800-453-4652 800-465-MEGA 800-621-7613 831-458-5118 888-414-2739 559-224-3978 866-DVD-GAME 866-310-1717 877-4-TAGGIE 800-859-TOMY 800-521-2010 800-247-6570
The toys in this guide are available in stores throughout your area. If you have difficulty locating a toy, please contact the manufacturer nearest carrying For retail the for the location product. contact
Play-Doh Dohville Fuzzy Pet Parlor
Hasbro, Inc. Silly citizens and fun-loving pets of Dohville love to drop by the Play-Doh Dohville Fuzzy Pet Parlor. Groom and style their fur with the brush, scissors and a hair dryer. For the ultimate laugh, place a pet in the bathtub and watch it sprout silly hair. Encourages creative play, stimulates imagination and promotes tactile exploration. For ages 3+. $9.99 DD
Hasbro Games Hooray! ImagAbility Incorporated The Jester & Pharley Phund KNEX LeapFrog Enterprises LEGO Systems, Inc.
Rhino Toys The Everybody Ball Oball is full of finger holes that make it incredibly easy to catch, captivating to hold, and safe to throw. Shiny, smooth, flexible, durable and virtually indestructible, Oball is the ideal ball in every situation. Very easily held by children with physical disabilities involving the hands. Introduces cause and effect, encourages social skills and promotes creative expression. For all ages. $3.50 PI, HI, B, LV, DD

Mega Bloks Inc. Radio Flyer, Inc. Rhino Toys Schoenhut Piano Company, Inc. School-Rite Screenlife, LLC Small World Toys

Creativity Toys

Write & Learn Artboard
VTech Electronics, LLC Young artists and writers get a head start on this electronic drawing board. Interactive stencils encourage creative expression while they teach tracing, writing, vocabulary and the alphabet. Promotes awareness of sounds, encourages use of daily living skills and encourages creative play. For ages 4+. $24.99 PI, HI, DD
Taggies, Incorporated TOMY Corp. VTech Electronics, LLC Wild Planet Toys

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information, visit: www.toy-tia.org Toy Industry Association Member Directory
Toy Industry Foundation, Inc., The Alliance for Technology Access, and The American Foundation for the Blind would like to thank the following individuals and centers for their help: Daniel Cuff (AFB), Alina Vayntrub (AFB), Alessandra Hirsch (AFB), Joe Catavero, Principal, Schermerhorn Program, and Eugene McMahon, Executive Director, New York Institute for Special Education (NY) and all New York Institute for Special Education staff, children, and caretakers involved in testing. Mary Lester (ATA), Libbie Butler (ATA), Janet Peters, Wendy Tuominen and Tenley Pettyjohn, Simon Technology Center and Pacer Center (MN), Lynn Koch & Linda Schilling, Carolina Computer Access Center (NC), Linda Judeich & Kimberly Lilley, Technology Access Center (TN), Lynn Gitlow, Colleen Adams & Leslie Farrington, Technical Exploration Center (ME), Katherine Freeborn, Mary Krieger & Veronica Blea, United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego, Toy & Software Lending Library (CA), Janice Fouard, Shellie Eddings, Nancy Stork, Mary Peter, Rick Fink, OCCK, Inc. Technology Services (Technology Resource Solutions for People (KS). The 2006 Guide was researched and written by: Adrienne Citrin (TIF), Gabrielle Leong (TIF), Daniel Cuff (AFB), Jaclyn Packer (AFB) Libbie Butler (ATA), Mary Lester (ATA) Designed by Bracchi Design, Inc.
For more information please contact: Toy Industry Foundation, Inc. 1115 Broadway, Suite 400 New York, NY 10010 212.675.1141 www.toy-tia.org Alliance for Technology Access 1304 Southpoint Blvd. Suite 240 Petaluma, CA 94954 707-778-3011 TTY number 707-778-3015 www.ataccess.org American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York, NY 10001 800.232.5463 www.afb.org