Dr. Amber McKenna, a physical medicine and rehabilitation resident at UW Health, is pictured with a selection of her specially designed crayons in Madison. McKenna leads the Pensili Foundation, which aims to create adaptive crayons better suited for kids and adults with disabilities.
With help from her resident cohort, McKenna finished crafting about 3,500 adaptive crayons this month and delivered a portion of them to Gigi’s Playhouse, which offers therapy, education and training programs for people who have Down syndrome. About 1,100 of the crayons are also being donated to the Central Wisconsin Center, a long-term care center for people with developmental disabilities.
Dr. Amber McKenna, a physical medicine and rehabilitation resident at UW Health, is pictured with a selection of her specially designed crayons in Madison. McKenna leads the Pensili Foundation, which aims to create adaptive crayons better suited for kids and adults with disabilities.
With help from her resident cohort, McKenna finished crafting about 3,500 adaptive crayons this month and delivered a portion of them to Gigi’s Playhouse, which offers therapy, education and training programs for people who have Down syndrome. About 1,100 of the crayons are also being donated to the Central Wisconsin Center, a long-term care center for people with developmental disabilities.
