Project Background

Children with disabilities often face challenges in sensory engagement and interactive experiences, particularly when it comes to music therapy and interactive environments. Traditional sensory rooms are extremely expensive, putting them out of reach for many facilities, schools, and families who could benefit from them. Through extensive research, including interviews with occupational therapists and children with cognitive disabilities, we identified a critical gap in existing solutions - the absence of affordable, fully immersive, music-driven sensory environments that adapt to individual needs and preferences.

Super Happy Space emerged from this insight as a collaborative effort to transform how children with disabilities experience and interact with music in therapeutic settings. Our research revealed that music serves as both a motivator and calming tool for children, with profound effects on their emotional states and engagement levels. However, current solutions often fail to provide the personalised, responsive visual feedback that could maximise the therapeutic benefits of musical interaction, and their high cost severely limits accessibility.