Sources for Toys - Visually Impaired
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Picture of white toy guitar with notes flying around it  TODDLERS - TOYS/GAMES  Picture of a toy puzzle box with puzzle pieces laying around it.

Always consider toys that:
bulletTalk
Produce Sounds
Play Music
Shine bright lights ( good for visually impaired/low vision)
Variety of interesting surfaces and textures
Stimulate creativity and pretend play (farm house)
Doll houses to illustrate the rooms in your house

Promote cooperation, sharing and social development

bulletRing Box Placing rings in a box - wrist control
Playdoh Pretend play, animal shapes, cookie cutters,
Musical Instruments Groovy Tunes Piano, Tambourines, Maracas
Bells, Drums, Xylophone and Musical TAPES
Fisher Price Roller Coaster
Puzzles Shapes, Animals, Numbers, Letters
Chuck the Truck Comes to you when you call his name
Balls Wiggles Giggle, Ex-large balls for balance, laying on top, rolling on belly
Hot Wheels Steering Wheel has the features of a real race car
Reading Teddy Reads the story as you squeeze foot
Kitchen Sets Pretend play in the kitchen, identifying foods and shapes. Recognizing utensils,
Sit and Spin Hand over hand to pull body around in a circle
Elmo Race Car Set Finger manipulation, the sounds of horns, car on a track, street signs, car wash, bridges to describe over and underpasses.
Farm House Animal discrimination and sounds
Vtech Toys ABC with Braille
Fisher Price Magnet ABC’s with Braille

Sources for Toys for Visually Impaired & Blind

American Toy Institute, Inc
1115 Broadway, Suite 400
New York, NY 10010
212/675-1141
www.toy-tma.org


Constructive Playthings
1200 Welsh Rd.
Montgomery Commons
North Wales, PA  19454
215/362-1599   800/448-4115

Caplan Materials for Early Childhood
1310 Lewisville-Clemmons Rd.
P. O.  Box 609
Lewisville, NC  27023
800/334-2014

Capable Kids
P. O. Box 250
Bohemia, NY  11716
800/356-1564

Blind Children's Center
4120 Marathon St.
P.O. 29159
Los Angeles, CA  90029
213/664-2153

Enabling Devices
385 Warburton Avenue
Hastings on the Hudson, NY 10706
914/478-0960

Lakeshore Learning Materials
2695 East Dominguez Street
P. O. Box 6261
Carson, CA 90649
800/421-5354

Flaghouse
601 Flaghouse Drive
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
800/793-7900