Design of a toy which helps children who suffer ADHD to develop their skills

Abstract

ADHD are the acronym of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. Children who are diagnosed with this disorder have worse academic grades because of their behavior and inattentive problems. This fact makes families, teachers and psychologists be concerned about the development of children that suffer ADHD and deals them to search a solution with the aim of giving to these children the same possibilities as the others. The objective of this thesis is to design a toy especially thought to be used by these children and that helps to develop their skills. This thesis reaches to the basic design of the product and a detailed design is required afterwards. Although the design of the product is not completely detailed, it is properly described to avoid repeating any of the analysis done in this thesis corresponding to the basic designing process.