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Greetings!
We are the Engineering Design and Development (EDD) team at the Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS) West Haven, Connecticut.
This year, a few teachers from a school that specializes with children with special needs in Connecticut approached us to design and fabricate an automatic swing capable of holding around 250 lbs for their students with special needs. In particular, for a student named J who currently homebound and needs this swing to help him focus when his teachers work with him.
J (age: 5 years) has been diagnosed with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment), which is a visual impairment that stems from deficiencies in brain processing. This condition makes certain kinds of visual targets harder to look at than others, and afflicted children need movement to keep their vision system active. J also has cerebral palsy, so he has a limited ability to move on his own, due to his tight muscle tone. His parents and the teachers who have taught J believe the best way to keep him in motion is with an automatic swing. This swing helps relax his muscles and make him feel comfortable. His eyesight has also shown significant improvement while swinging in baby swings, but he quickly outgrew those and now needs a larger alternative.
We believe that with your donations, we can build an automatic swing that will not only benefit J but hopefully apply to other kids like J who suffers from similar problems. We are looking to raise around $5,000 for our project to build an effective and useful prototype by the beginning of June.
Thank you for your donations.
We are the Engineering Design and Development (EDD) team at the Engineering and Science University Magnet School (ESUMS) West Haven, Connecticut.
This year, a few teachers from a school that specializes with children with special needs in Connecticut approached us to design and fabricate an automatic swing capable of holding around 250 lbs for their students with special needs. In particular, for a student named J who currently homebound and needs this swing to help him focus when his teachers work with him.
J (age: 5 years) has been diagnosed with CVI (Cortical Visual Impairment), which is a visual impairment that stems from deficiencies in brain processing. This condition makes certain kinds of visual targets harder to look at than others, and afflicted children need movement to keep their vision system active. J also has cerebral palsy, so he has a limited ability to move on his own, due to his tight muscle tone. His parents and the teachers who have taught J believe the best way to keep him in motion is with an automatic swing. This swing helps relax his muscles and make him feel comfortable. His eyesight has also shown significant improvement while swinging in baby swings, but he quickly outgrew those and now needs a larger alternative.
We believe that with your donations, we can build an automatic swing that will not only benefit J but hopefully apply to other kids like J who suffers from similar problems. We are looking to raise around $5,000 for our project to build an effective and useful prototype by the beginning of June.
Thank you for your donations.