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Toy Like Me modifies toys for kids with disabilities on MLK Day

SALEM, Va. (WDBJ) - In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s day, volunteers at Roanoke College modified toys for kids in a hospital. “Everybody should belong, everybody should feel cared for,” said ...
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EARLY YEARS: “Toy Like Me” at Roanoke College continuing tradition of making Christmas brighter for kids with disabilities

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - ”20% of the population has a disability and there weren’t any toys to represent that,” says Roanoke College Professor and Toy Like Me leader Frances McCutcheon. The mission to ...
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‘When the kids see them, they see themselves’: Toy Like Me program modifies toys for children with disabilities

SALEM, Va. – There was a special delivery at Virginia Heights Elementary School Tuesday morning as Roanoke College students hand-delivered gifts to kids, but they weren’t your average toys. The toys ...
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These Virginia college kids are making toys more inclusive

VIRGINIA, USA — We are getting uplifted with inclusion and diversity this holiday season when it comes to kids with disabilities and special needs. For the past seven years, students, faculty and ...