Designing to define new normal to special athletes

TypedTales is an open community project started by Saloni Mhapsekar and Kritika Sharma in pandemic times in collaboration with Special Olympics Bharat as a part of the college project to aid SEL (Socio-emotional-learning for children with special needs

As part of deliverables they created a website and conducted multiple storytelling workshops with children on various topics

Featured in The New Indian Express & Financial Express

Headquarters

Headquarters

New Delhi, India

Founded

Founded

2003

Industry

Industry

Government

Company size

Company size

NGO

Challenge

Our journey started with a shared passion for making a positive impact and exploring unconventional topics. My team and I chose to focus on designing for children, but with such a vast field to consider, we needed to further narrow down our target audience.

After conducting exploratory research, we discovered a significant gap in mainstream design solutions catering to children with special needs. This prompted us to address them.

How might we implement e-learning strategies to support stakeholders and teach children with intellectual disabilities social and emotional learning skills using visuals, in order to empower them to adapt and thrive?


My Role

What started as a mere college project has now blossomed into an open source.I learnt to not only come up with innovation but also find balance to suit need of users, business, technical constraints

Collaboration with stakeholders of Special Olympics Bharat, Developers and Design team