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EEUM students adapt toys for children with specific needs

On December 16 and 17, toys adapted for children with specific needs were delivered by the Automation and Robotics Laboratory (LAR) of the University of Minho’s School of Engineering in Guimarães. The action had the support of the Municipality of Guimarães, through the councillor for Social Cohesion, Paula Oliveira, as well as the spin-off botnroll.com and Sociedade Martins Sarmento.

The 50 toys were adapted with electronic components supplied by botnroll.com, thanks to the volunteer work of students from UMinho’s Industrial Electronics and Computers course, coordinated by Professor Fernando Ribeiro. In addition to the impact on the children, the initiative focused on community work and the involvement of young university students in actions that make a difference in the area.

Children with special needs find it difficult to play with traditional toys. The few adapted toys that exist are quite expensive. That’s why, since 2006, LAR has been adapting electronic toys during the Christmas season so that they can be operated by children with cerebral palsy.

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+Info: lar.dei.uminho.pt

www.guimaraesvisivel.pt/noticia-56/entrega-de-brinquedos-adaptados-pela-robotica-da-uminho-a-criancas-com-necessidades-especificas

http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/cultura/alunos-da-universidade-do-minho-adaptam-brinquedos-para-criancas-com-paralisia-cerebral_v1621710