Christina Grisanzio
Founder/Executive Director at FairPlay Libraries - Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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FairPlay Libraries
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FairPlay strives to make play accessible and affordable for all children, including kids with disabilities who may not be able to play with toys as they come off-the-shelf. Though it is simple and inexpensive to modify toys for children with disabilities, the market prices of adapted toys can be 3-5x that of normal toys. For families already navigating inordinate care-related costs, this financial burden is significant. Given children's quickly changing interests and these high costs, children with disabilities tend not to have adequate access to play.Our solution to this inequity is a lending library system. We run workshops focused on toy adaptation and accessibility, create adapted toy libraries in community spaces, and provide educational resources for the communities we serve.