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Games for Handicapped Kids

Handicapped kids, whether they have a physical, cognitive, mental or emotional handicap, can play different kinds of games. Depending on the game that they play, it can either challenge their mental and/or physical abilities. The games for disabled kids can be played in parties, schools, at camp or at home, and some can be played in groups or alone.

Board Games
- Kids confined to a wheelchair and who can use their hands can be entertained for hours playing board games. Handicapped children can sit around a table and play almost any kind of board game, such as Scrabble, Yahtzee, Monopoly, Uno, Pictionary, Candy Land, Snakes and Ladders or Trivial Pursuit. Other games that handicapped kids can play are Chinese Checkers, Memory, Jenga, card games, Connect 4, chess and checkers.
Sound Games
- Children who have limited movement can play different kinds of sound games. For example, you can have children listen to different sound effects, and have them guess what each sound is. In a sound memory game, have kids listen to a series of sounds starting with one sound and building up to more sounds while having them remember the order of each sound that they heard. In another game, test the ability of the children to identify different sounds by having them close their eyes as you make noise by crumpling paper or foil, bounce a ball, clap your hands or tap your foot.
Single-Player Games
- Handicapped kids can challenge themselves by playing single-player games. Disabled children can play crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles or a word search game. "Simon," an electronic single-player game in which you have to reproduce the order in which buttons with different-colored lights flash by pressing the buttons, is a game that disabled kids can play. Challenge a disabled child by seeing how many beans they can pick up and put in a bowl within a given time using chopsticks. Likewise, a disabled child in a wheelchair can challenge him or herself to shoot basketballs.
Group Games
- Disabled children can play sports such as wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis and wheelchair hockey. Whether in a wheelchair or not, handicapped children can also participate in relay races. For example, disabled kids can play the egg-and-spoon relay or dress-up relay. In another game, give the kids a ball and have them sit in a circle. The child holding the ball names as many things related to a certain topic. For example, if the topic is "winter," that child will name things like Christmas, snowman, snow, and so on, until the child passes the ball to the next player who has to think of more words. The game goes on until kids run out of related words.

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