
Holiday hackathon makes toys accessible for children with disabilities
Desert WAVE, an all-female robotics team of Fulton Schools students, joined members of Degrees of Freedom, an all-female robotics team of high school students, to apply their technical know-how to “hack” toys to make them accessible to children who face challenges manipulating interactive toys. The toys were modified to help the children playing with them develop problem-solving and socialization skills — as well as have fun. The teams developed and built push-button activators for the toys, which will be distributed during the holiday season by a nonprofit group serving members or the local community with disabilities.