Filming content for the INDEX project we completed recently has given us a new opportunity to show the switch adapted toys and gaming equipment in action.

All of the content has been edited onto a DVD that we hope will help parents, carers and teachers appreciate whether our products will be suitable for their children and students.

Here's an example ... just click on the play to see the video clip we now use on the home page of the Dream-Racer web site.

This is the link to the BBC Radio 4 podcast that was broadcast on the "You and Yours" programme on Wednesday, December 17th.

Click on the image to download the podcast or on this link.

Geoff Adams-Spink, Age & Disability correspondent at the BBC has been following our co-operation with AbilityNet and has written an article for the BBC web site describing the various switch adapted toys and gaming equipment we produce and available through AbilityNet.

You can find his article on the "technology" page of the BBC web site and a radio report on switch adapted toys for the "You and Yours" Radio 4 programme.

In collecting the background information for the two reports Geoff met with with David Banes from AbilityNet, Barrie Ellis from OneSwitch.org and visited Willow Dene special school in south-east London.

Have a read and listen.

Mike

Take a look at some of the filming we completed recently. This is the link to the article featured on the Guardian Online website.

The video is an extract from the DVD we have just finished that was designed as an aid to help parents, carers, and teachers make more informed assessments of the suitability of our adapted and assistive technology for their children and students.

All of the equipment demonstrated can be found on the Dream-Racer web site.

Get in touch if you would like a copy of the "Children in Control - switch adapted play" DVD.

Mike

Have you ever asked your kids to draw a picture of what you do at work?

These are the pictures Mark's girls drew this afternoon.

Mike.

A month ago we had a request for a switch adapted PlayStation controller that was different to the Dream-Gamer with cap, pistol or mini-joystick adaptions.

The new design adds a second switch input box - the one with the yellow circles in the picture.

It connects to the left side of the PS2 controller and sets up the option of pressing switches to control direction in the game.

Four switches are connected to the extension box and pressed to control up, down, left and right in the game. But, for instance, in a driving game it's likely that only two switches, used to steer the car left and right, will be needed.

In the same game, acceleration and braking would be controlled by two more switches connected to the action button extension box on the right hand side of the Dream-Gamer controller. Or, even a single switch in some games.

The unit is now being tested by Scott and we are looking forward to hearing how he gets on with it.

Mike