Meet the Team Behind Safe Toddles
It takes a village to bring safe mobility to blind children. At Safe Toddles, every Pediatric Belt Cane, every research project, and every success story is the result of collaboration among passionate professionals, researchers, engineers, and trusted partners.
The Safe Toddles team is the heart of our organization.
The people who keep our mission moving forward every day. From crafting every Pediatric Belt Cane to connecting families and educating professionals, our staff’s dedication ensures that children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness can explore the world using a tool that develops confidence through safety.
Meet the People Changing Lives
Every name, every hand, every partnership behind Safe Toddles represents a commitment to helping blind children thrive.
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Research Team: Advancing the Science of Safe Mobility
Safe Toddles’ research partners include university faculty, graduate students, and mobility professionals who study how blind infants and children learn to move safely. Together, we publish peer-reviewed studies demonstrating how the Pediatric Belt Cane improves motor skills and increases language and daily physical activity.
Our Professional Partners
Behind every nonprofit’s success is a team of trusted professionals who ensure accountability, compliance, and sustainability. We are proud to collaborate with expert firms that share our commitment to safety and ethical excellence.
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PEDIATRIC BELT CANE'S PROMINENT BEGINNINGS
Mohamad Fallahrad, Biomedical Engineer at the City College of New York (CCNY) Neural Engineering Group, designed the first 3D model, structured belt, as well as the entire production and design specifications for manufacturing Pediatric Belt Canes based on Ambrose-Zaken's "garage prototype". Safe Toddles is grateful for the generosity of Professor Marom Bikson co-director of Neural Engineering Group at CCNY that provided lab space, materials, and numerous student and staff volunteers who helped design, build and ship the first Belt Canes:
Ben Bokser
Jacob Resnik
Henry Bernstein
Carliza Canela
Salman Shahabuddin
Matthew Heinlein
Nataliedeana Badillo
ZiJie Lin
Erica Kreisberg
Amilcar Malave
Caitlin Tsang
Fiyin Akinwumi