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| The AblePlay Rating System takes your toy and positions it to a WHOLE NEW MARKET. |
| The purpose of the AblePlayTM Rating is
to give consumers a snapshot of a toy's appropriateness for children
with special needs.
Parents and professionals can search our consumer website, www.ableplay.org, and find appropriate toys organized by four disability categories.
The disabilities market uses toys for both therapeutic and recreational purposes thereby giving toy purchases a much stronger priority and purpose.
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| Disability Category Descriptions |
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Here is the description of the four disability categories that affect some of the children who may play with and benefit from your toy.
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| Physical |
Children affected with motor systems disabilities. They can include skeletal, muscle and joint abnormalities which in turn limit a child's ability to move, stand, sit, play, reach, etc.
- Cerebral Palsy (CP)
- Muscular Dystrophy (MD)
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Spina Bifida
- Paraplegia
- Quadriplegia
- Developmental Delay
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| Sensory |
Children with limited ability to gather and understand information from the environment through any of their five senses.
- Hearing Impairment
- Visual Impairment
- Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)
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| Communicative |
Children with limited ability to communicate verbally due to limited or altered comprehension and use of language.
- Autism/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)
- Speech and Language Delay
- Stuttering
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| Cognitive |
Children with limited ability to process
information, reason, remember and express emotions.
- Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
- Mental Retardation
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
- Hydrocephalus
- Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Learning Disabilities (LD)
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| The Evaluation Process |
