Gift ideas for severely disabled 2 year old

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I have a close family member who has severe cerebral palsy and as a result most toys for his age are not suitable at all.

We always buy him clothes but I’m looking for gift ideas from parents or those in similar situations about what would be ideal.

Only 2 years old so thinking sensory items etc. any tips or thoughts welcome thank you!

To be honest I would ask his parents if there's a particular item they would like for him.
Alternatively a nice fleecy blanket and plush toy would be nice. Something he can snuggle with.

Sensory items like a light projector (that does or doesn’t have music), or fibre optic lights they can touch/put over themselves/playwith. Toys that make fun noise. What are their gross motor skills like? Can they push/hit/touch big buttons? Wrist or ankle toys that jingle. Toys that crunch / rustle / such as those babies have. A lovely blanket (weighted?)

Depending on your budget maybe something like a Tony box that he can listen to stories and songs on?

My child is severely disabled too. Would a switch adapted toy be suitable? You can buy them from Meru online or buy a noisy/light up toy from elsewhere and send to meru to adapt it. Make sure he has a switch for it or you can buy them from the website.
Tonies are always a hit in our household too!

A lot of accessible items are really expensive, are his parents wanting anything for him in particular that the family could club together to buy vouchers?

i have a severely disabled child and it really depends on his sensory needs. Is he sensory seeking or avoiding? My son loved his bubble tube and floor cushion/beanbag at that age.

I've a severely disabled child and if buying sensory items you will need to find which sensory things he likes. For eg some children like lights, some hate, some like music, some hate, some like chewy toys some can't put things in their mouth. I'd check with the parents to see and go from there, lots of special needs shops up the prices of things and you can get similar or sometimes the same from searching online.

I would second speaking to the parents. As others have said, some adaptive things are really expensive.

For my nephew we contributed to a large sensory board when he was young (it had lasted years!) and have made donations to the various local charitable organisations that were supporting the family.

How about a Tonybox? Would be used for years and you can collect the tonies

Thanks for the suggestions. I may ask his parents but they are the types who will buy whatever they want or need regardless so I’m not sure how useful it would be. What to get the boy who has everything he can have considering his condition…

He has the Tony device and a gazillion of the stories to go with it. But it’s a great gift for anyone considering them.

I do like the idea of a blanket or bean bag.

Are there any super nice sensory brands people would recommend?

Have a look at ‘sensory toy warehouse’ or ‘sensory direct’, I would go for either something soft or something that lights up. There are some great reasonably priced projectors around, sensory play mats/water mats or light up soft toys. I probably wouldn’t go for a bean bag as most disabled children will have particularly support need for sitting and lying (they will probably already have something for this).

My daughter likes the mirrored carousel chime things, but they're very expensive. If you Google mirror chimeabout you'll see some examples