Lunch Tray for Michael
#TrayYourWay It seemed like such a simple request: A lunch tray for a student with range-of-motion limitations in one hand. Michael, a student at Park West High School, has joint...
Impact Stories
Read about what we are up to, and upcoming events.
Switch Adapting, Why Learn?
Shoshannah (Shosh) Newman is a special educator in NYC. She has collaborated over the years with the Adaptive Design Association but had enough free time to participate in an Introduction...
Circle Time at PS138M
We visited with Hayley Dick and her students at PS138 to deliver circle time benches. It was a privilege to see their lesson in action. All of the students are...
Cross Country Collaboration
It has been about five years and a cross country move since I worked at Adaptive Design Association (ADA) in New York, so it came as a surprise when I...
Prototype Games for Benny
In the Spring of 2019, my undergraduate course "Introduction to Assistive Technology" had the enormous good fortune of partnering with the Adaptive Design Association (ADA). The course is housed at...
Changing Lives, Changing Communities
A note from Rocio Alonso, Senior Adaptive Designer & Fabricator: A couple of weeks ago we received a phone call from Chardell, the mom of a 7-year-old boy named Benjamin with...
CC’s Booster Seat
Some projects we do are pretty straight forward- standers, tippy stools, easels etc. while others require a bit more problem solving and prototyping. One of our more recent projects fell...