Raven Loves the Bright Lights of Her New Adapted Toys
It can be difficult to find the right toys for Raven. She has Cockayne Syndrome Type II, meaning that she can’t sit or stand on her own, and has hearing loss and a visual impairment.
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Skip to NavigationIt can be difficult to find the right toys for Raven. She has Cockayne Syndrome Type II, meaning that she can’t sit or stand on her own, and has hearing loss and a visual impairment.
Over the course of three Youth Making Change workshops with Makers Making Change, Grade 9 drafting students at Linden Christian School in Winnipeg put their drafting skills in action to make a difference for children with disabilities.
Thanks to your support, we reached our #HackingForTheHoliday campaign goals, raising $108,685 and delivering 2,519 toys to children with disabilities across Canada.
Thanks to your support of our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign, we were able to adapt two Linkimals toys — a sloth and a penguin — with adaptive switches that match the buttons on the toys. These switches allow Evie to play with the toys with a smacking motion on her own rather than needing someone else to activate the toy for her.
Through our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign, Laurence received a switch-adapted toy cat, as well as a variety of switches she could use. Laurence especially loves that the toy cat has two switches and she can decide whether to make it walk or meow.