I wanted to share some images from this project I've been supervising. This student, Ilana, has been working in the special needs office in the Oakland Unified School District to adapt toys for students with special needs. Standard interfaces exist for folks with bodily mobility or motor-control differences who need adaptive tech, but the options are limited and very expensive. Ilana and this club of students have been shopping for toys that can be easily hacked to have a specific connector. Once that connecter is installed a variety of interfaces, from large buttons to breath-controlled actuators, can be attached to the toy. Ilana and the group have been helping Chantal, the assistive technology director, build a library of adapted toys for students and families to check out. Here are some images from an adaptive tech club workday in November, where we adapted about 40 toys.