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With the Christmas just around the corner, now would be a great time to add your favorite products to the Shopping and Reviews section in our Community. This section was created to help our members choose gifts and toys for special needs people (and their caretakers!). And it is more than just a simple list of products. When filling out the form for a new submission, you include information such as:

• Age group
• Price range
• Area that the item is helpful in (gross motor, fine motor, visual, etc.)
• Who the product is appropriate for (special needs person, caretaker, any child)
• YouTube video ID #, so you can display a video of the product if you wish
• Amazon ASIN (product ID#) if you wish

New fields can be added by me if you feel there are more needed. I'm here to help make things as informative and simple as possible!

Where to Shop for Special Needs Products?
Often times you can find great gifts at your regular old store, such as Walmart, Toys R Us, and if you like to order items online (like I do), Amazon is a great source for everything from daily care items like toothbrushes to the kitchen sink (literally, I checked!).

There are also lots of great special needs catalogs that you can order, or even order from these specialty stores online. An example of a great specialty store would be Adaptive Play, where you can find all kinds of great switch adapted toys. These adapted toys were hard to come by, but we have a recent member, Eva, who is an Early Intervention Specialist and is also co-founder of Adaptive Play. She has been kind enough to submit many of these toys to our Products and Reviews section, complete with videos so you can see the toys in action! Thank you Eva, for all of your hard work!

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So please don't be shy about adding products to the Shopping and Reviews section. Even if you are the representative of the company that sells the product(s). You'll be helping the rest of our members have a more pleasant shopping experience this Christmas!

Happy Holidays!

Lorna






* The links to some products listed may have my affiliate code included, and I reserve the right to add this code if possible. This means that I receive a small % of the sale. This is what keeps The disAbility Support Network up and running :)