Lekotek

Lekotek ni gahunda mpuzamahanga yo gutanga inguzanyo ya Assistive Technology, ibikinisho n'ubuhanga k'abana bamugaye. Lekotek ya mbere yafunguwe mu 1963 i Stockholm, muri Suwede. Kuva aho, igitekerezo cyakwirakwiriye mu bindi bihugu bya Scandinaviya, Uburayi ndetse no ku isi yose. Kurugero, muri Amerika hari lekoteks zirenga 50. Lekotek ya mbere y'Abanyamerika yafunguye i Evanston, muri Illinois mu 1980. Lekoteks ya mbere yo muri Amerika yashinzwe na Sally DeVencentis na Sharon Draznin.

Izina ni uruvange rwijambo ryumuzi wo muri Suwede "lek," risobanura igikinisho cyangwa imikino, hamwe n’ikigereki "tek" gihuza isomero. 

 Igitekerezo gishingiye 
Igitekerezo cyibanze ni uko gutabara hakiri kare binyuze mu gukina ibikinisho n’ikoranabuhanga byahujwe bishobora kwigisha abana bamugaye guhangana n'isi "isanzwe". Bimwe mubyibanzweho mubitekerezo bya lekotek biva mubikorwa byakozwe numuhanga mubya psychologue wubwongereza, Elizabeth Newson. Igitabo cye "Ibikinisho n'imikino", (  ) ivuga ku ngaruka zo gukina ku mikurire yumwana.

 Itangizwa rya AblePlay 
Mu Gushyingo 2005, Ikigo cy’igihugu cya Lekotek cyatangije urubuga rwabo rushya rwa AblePlay kuri www.AblePlay.org rutanga uburyo bworoshye bwo kubona amanota yemewe ndetse n’isuzuma rirambuye ry’inzobere mu gihugu cya Lekotek ku mizigo myinshi y’ibikinisho n’ibindi bicuruzwa. Isuzuma ryihariye rya Lekotek ritanga amakuru y'ibicuruzwa yashyizwe mu byiciro by'abafite ubumuga kugirango arusheho koroshya uburambe bwo kugura ibikinisho. Ababyeyi nabahanga bashobora kungukira mu bitekerezo byimbitse by'imikino bijyanye na buri gikinisho cy'abana, ndetse no kumahuriro yo kumurongo kugirango babemere gusangira ubunararibonye no gutanga inama kugiti cyabo. Gutangiza AblePlay byari intambwe ikomeye mu gusobanura intego ya Lekotek yo kuba isoko nyamukuru y'amakuru n'imirimo yo gufasha ijyanye n'ibikinisho n'imikino y'abana bafite ubumuga . National Lekotek ni agace ka Anixter Centre itanga serivisi  kubantu barenga 5.000 bakuze n'abana bafite ubumuga binyuze muri gahunda 70 ahantu 35 buri mwaka.