Design for Difference: Cognitive Enhancement Toys For Children with Developmental Delays

Cardiometry

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Aditi Deshpande¹ 

[1] Symbiosis Institute of Design, Symbiosis International ,(Deemed University) Pune

关键词: Children with developmental delays;    Toy design;    Cognitive enhancement;    Learning difficulties;    Socio-emotional;   

DOI  :  10.18137/cardiometry.2022.23.326336

学科分类：环境科学（综合）

来源: Russian New University

【 摘 要 】

Childhood is a phase where children explore, learn and enjoy. For some children, this phase is full of difficulties. These children suffer from either developmental delays or learning difficulties. According to sources, there is a iniquitousness of 1.5-2.5% of advancing delay in kids below 2 years of age in India. Development is described into five different domains - gross motor, fine motor, speech, and language, cognitive and socio-emotional. These children need help at an early age to overcome developmental delays and for cognitive enhancement. Both parents and teachers are involved with children right from an early age, and they can devise ways to help these children. Many schools adopt ‘Play’ as an important activity to help these children overcome developmental delays and “toys” are mostly central to the design of such activities.

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