Extended by popular demand until 13th April 2020*, the Wellcome Collection’s exhibition Play Well explores the lives of children, societies, historic toys, games and contemporary designs to try to work out why humans, both young and old, play. More broadly, the exhibition asks what does “play” mean and why is it important? With the help of a group of 5 – 11-year-olds from Argyle Primary School in Camden, Play Wellexamines the significance of play in childhood and its importance in education, social development, emotional resilience and physical wellbeing.

#ToyLikeMe Advocates for Physical Disability Representation in Children’s Toys

LEGO Launches First Disabled Figure Thanks To Toy Like Me

Kudos to LEGO for being the first toymaker to positively respond to Rebecca Atkinson’s call to celebrate disabled kids worldwide by encouraging the toy industry and children’s TV to better culturally represent the 150 million disabled kids worldwide. (more…)

Το αναπηρικό αμαξίδιο της LEGO

Καλά παιχνίδια είναι αυτά που μπορούν να προσφέρουν στο παιδί τόσο τροφή για τη φαντασία όσο και εξοικείωση με τον πραγματικό κόσμο. Έτσι, η LEGO αποφάσισε να ανταποκριθεί στο διαδικτυακό αίτημα δεκάδων χιλιάδων ανθρώπων (#ToyLikeMe) και να παρουσιάσει το πρώτο συναρμολογούμενο ανθρωπάκι της πάνω σε αναπηρικό καροτσάκι. Η (πολύ σωστή) νέα αυτή προσθήκη θα αποτελεί μέρος ενός καινούργιου σετ με…

Sulla scia di #toylikeme, la campagna di sensibilizzazione riguardante i bambini diversamente abili che sta raccogliendo adesioni in tutto il mondo, l’azienda inglese Makies ha rilasciato la prima linea di bambole con disabilità. I giocattoli sono costruiti sulla base di fotografie di bambini e bambine caricate sul sito www.mymakie.comdai genitori. Gli ausili, come protesi, sedie a rotelle,…

World's First Line Of Dolls With Disabilities Are Flying Off The Shelves

“A grassroots campaign by parents of children living with disabilities is changing the toy industry for the better.

For too long, kids with disabilities have had to improvise--altering their toys to look more like the person they see in the mirror. 

A Facebook campaign using the hashtag #ToyLikeMe was created by parents who wanted to show the toy industry just who it was excluding.

Thousands of fans, pictures, and tweets later, their lobbying efforts have paid off. Makies , a toy company that specializes in customized, 3D-printed dolls, just launched the world's first line of dolls with disabilities.” 

Hey everyone!

I just wrote my first article for a wonderful body positive website called Proud2BMe. The article is about the #ToyLikeMe campaign for more representation of disabilities in the toybox, and the dolls produced in response to this campaign by a UK toy company. Hope you like it!