The LEGO Foundation and Play Included are partnering based on a shared ambition to empower all children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners and remove barriers while building confidence and self-esteem of children on the autism spectrum.
are partnering based on a shared ambition to empower all children to become creative, engaged, lifelong learners and remove barriers while building confidence and self-esteem. Play Included is a Community Interest Company, which is a type of not-for-profit social enterprise. They specialize in training and resources for health and education professionals to help practitioners understandwith social development through collaborative play with LEGO bricks.
With the funding, resources, and support from the LEGO Foundation, Play Included can now ramp up its ambition and help ensure more children can access this opportunity to learn through play. By the end of 2021, Play Included will provide refresher training, how-to-guides and Brick Club resources, professional materials, and resources for caregivers.
Both organizations recognize that as a society, we still have a long way to go to fully understand autism and view this diagnosis in a more positive light. The first step is recognizing how autistic children often have a naturally different communication style, including verbal and non-verbal, and the other way of socializing. This is the first of a series of autism-related projects that the LEGO Foundation will get behind.