Useful, affordable adaptive equipment parents can build themselves.
Build with care. Share with love.
Free, practical build plans for families and makers. The adaptive positioning bench is the first full project guide.
One handmade build. A growing library for families.
My son has Cerebral Palsy - the first Built For Them project came out of building him a $50 adaptive positioning bench instead of buying a $300 one. Here's the full story, and what's next.
Read the full storyFree 3D-printed wheelchairs for toddlers.
Built For Them is now a maker with MakeGood's 3D Mobility network, printing Toddler Mobility Trainers - modular wheelchairs for kids ages 2-8 - and giving them to families for free. About $150 in donations covers the materials for one chair.
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Toddler Mobility Trainer
Meet the Spin Board.
A DIY spinning board for sensory play.
The Spin Board is a sturdy wooden board on a low, rotating base. Your child sits or lies on top while a grown-up slowly turns it.
Spinning boards are a common tool in occupational therapy sensory programs. Slow, controlled spinning gives vestibular input - the movement and balance information the inner ear sends to the brain - which therapists use to support balance, body awareness, and regulation. This version is built from solid pine with rounded edges and built-in hand-hold cutouts, and it sits low to the floor.
Full illustrated build guide
The complete plan - materials, cut list, spinner hardware, and step-by-step assembly - will be published after the prototype is finished and tested.
Use it with your therapist's guidance
Spinning is strong sensory input. Always have an adult turning the board, and ask your child's therapist how fast, how long, and in which positions spinning is right for your child.
See the builds before they're finished.
Behind-the-scenes shop time, early previews of new projects, and in-progress builds show up on Instagram first - long before a finished plan lands here.
Help build the library.
Already built something that's helped your own kid? Families, makers, and therapists all have something to add.