COLUMBIA, S.C. — Families and teachers in Columbia have one more day to learn how to rewire a store-bought toy so a child with a disability can play with it. The second and final day of a free Adapted Toy Workshop runs Friday, Nov. 13, at the Student Innovation Center at R2i2, 763 Fashion Drive.
The South Carolina Assistive Technology Program, part of the University of South Carolina’s Center for Disability Resources, hosts the sessions with the Richland Two center. Students from Richland Two work alongside program staff to coach parents, therapists and school staff through the process. No experience is needed.
Sessions start at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., and each one is capped at 20 people, so registration is required. The workshop is upstairs: after signing in at the front desk, take the escalator up one level to the second floor.
Each participant brings a battery-powered toy that has an on/off switch and does a single thing, such as an elephant that flaps its ears. Everyone goes home with the toy wired for switch use plus a 3-D printed switch, and some choose to donate their finished toy to a child with a disability. Instructor Nic Jones and his R2i2 students designed and built the switches.
The program also takes donations of new toys at its resource center, 8301 Farrow Road. Questions go to Janet Lambert at 803-935-5263 or to Alan J. Wolf, who directs the Student Innovation Center, at 803-738-3227.
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