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Thursday, June 14, 1979
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Couple makes toys for special children
Special children need special toys. Providing care is business of a Nairn specialty manufacture.
Exceptional Play, 642 Locust St. makes toys for the severely and profoundly retarded, Ron Williams, co-owner of the business, said last week.
Williams, a former KU professor of business, the toy were designed to be instructed and instructed.
He said his toys differed from toys made for normal children.
One difference was that the toys were made so a retarded child could hold one.
Williams said his company made a line of stuffed toys that had holes through them so the child could hook his arm through the toy, rather than to grasp the toy with his hand.
Williams said he made toys that "tried to lead to success rather than failure."
A TOY WITH pieces that had to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle could be frustrating to use, he said. If the pieces fit together exactly right, the child felt defeated.
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Williams said his company made a toy in which the child had to match pieces together, but he could be successful if he merely came close to doing so.
The products he makes have to be durable,he said.
"You can't expect the children to take reasonable care. The toys are made so they will withstand rough treatment in an institution."
Jean Pyfer, associate professor of physical chemistry at Excelsior Plate's board of directors.
PYFER, WHO IS also director of the University of Kansas' perceptual-motor clinic, said that she had seen problems with habituation of toys intended for institutional use.
"A real problem with the toys they're apt to be made out of filmmay plastic are these."
Williams said that other manufacturers of toys for mentally handicapped children don't design the toys specifically for the handicapped. They rewound catalog descriptions to make the toys appear to be suitable for the retardate.
Williams said he and his wife designed most of the company's products.
WHEN DESIGNING the toys, he said, he looked at what retardates could do rather than the effects.
He said that Pyfer, along with other members of the board of directors, gave them feedback about how suitable a toy was for the mentally handicapped person.
Pyfer said that Exceptional Play differed from similar manufacturers because of the extensive testing and research they do before a toy is put into production.
Exceptional Play tested their products, sometimes at the perceptual-motor clinic, then made improvements if any were needed, Pyfer said.
Williams said they also received feedback on their designs from questionnaires sent to them.
HE CAN GET expert opinions on the level of attention or physical ability needed to use the toy, he said, but experts "can't pass judgment on the fun qualities."
Williams said the business was started as a result of a research project done four years ago by his wife while she was a student in Human Development and Family Life.
Her study indicated that not enough play materials for retarded children were being used.
They spent nine months to a year researching the market for their products and developing prototypes, he said. Full-time production began three years ago.
Williams said Exceptional Play also made playground equipment. Most playground
Pyfer said that playgrounds for the mentally handicapped had to have "more support devices to accommodate their lack of balance." A station at a playground that incorporated spinning or rotating equipment is important because it helped develop balance.
equipment is made for normal children,
Williams said. They have designed a few
playgrounds for use by mentally handicapped children.
Williams said, "The interesting thing about most toys is that they're a good idea, but there's a problem."
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Ron Williams, who, with his wife, designs and builds educational toys for handicapped children, began Exceptional Play, 462 Locust St., in its living room. Each toy is hand made.
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