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Making a Crash Pad

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:00:10 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.A crash pad is a big foam filled squishy mat that you can fall onto and you land on the squishy foam. Crash pads are great fun for kids who like a lot of movement and body input since they can roll around in the big foam nest. Kids need...

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Making Adapted Seating

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 09:00:12 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have been using coroplast for years to make things out of, and have used it to adapt seating, make clothespin games frames, make guinea pig cages, and to make other things around my house and therapy office. It is a corrugated plastic, so it is a lot like cardboard,...

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Go Baby Go Project gets little kids powered mobility

Therapy Fun Zone — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.There is a Physical Therapy professor at University of Delaware named Cole Galloway who has a mission to get young children mobile, and uses ride on toys from Toys R Us. He modifies them to fit the child’s specific needs, and even incorporates some to their therapy goals to help...

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A video on how to make Tri-wall

Therapy Fun Zone — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:23:03 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Triwall is cardboard that is 3 layers thick. In therapy we use it to make floor sitters and other positioning devices. It is nice and strong, and easy to cut and glue together. Here is a video I found on the web about how to make your own triwall.

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paraplegic exoskeleton

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:57:41 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.This is kind of a cool article on a walking device for paraplegics. http://abledbody.com/techtalk/2010/07/16/robotic-suit-helps-paralyzed-walk-again/ You can read the full article.

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Twistified swing

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:00:20 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The twistified swing was invented by an 8 year old boy. He won second place in the Invention Dimension Challenge. Here is a video of him and his cool swing.

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