Disabled Children Archives

Disabled Children Archives · Page 5 of 5 · Independent Living

Bringing up children is one of the biggest and most important jobs anyone can undertake. If your family includes one or more children with special needs, then it can be even more of a challenge.

This area of Independent Living is dedicated to products designed to meet the needs of families and carers of disabled children.

Mobility includes manual and powered wheelchairs, walkers, bikes and buggies, to keep kids mobile from the earliest months to teenagers and young adults.

Challenging behaviour can take its toll on furniture, so our “Kids at Home” section has some robust and imaginative solutions, together with well-designed beds and cots, tables, chairs and standers to make family life more inclusive and enjoyable.

We also have dedicated sections for bath time, inclusive play equipment and toys, and clothes for kids with special needs.

These are the products you can find on the disabled childrens’ products pages:

Mobility for kids – getting around, alone or with help

Bathtime – products to help the disabled child in the bathroom

Kids at home – furniture and other products to help the disabled child around the home

Clothes for kids – specialist clothing and footwear for the disabled child

Playtime – well designed toys and play products

Child Trust Fund problem 1 comment

Child Trust Fund not accessible for disabled children The government introduced the Child Trust Fund in 2005, with the laudable intention of providing every child with a modest nest egg [...]

Theraposture cot part of emergency equipment loan service

Mascot Fully Modular Cot Comments disabled

Mascot cot is the only fully modular paediatric sleeping solution Part of Theraposture’s extensive adjustable cot range, the Mascot Mark 2 is the only fully flexible sleeping solution that can [...]

OT student and remap develop foot plates

OT Students working with Remap 0 comments

This article has been contributed by Maggie Bracher MSc Erg, Dip COT, MBAOT, OT lecturer at Southampton University Southampton University OT students collaborate with engineering charity, Remap For the past [...]

New self-propelled AbilityWhirl Roundabout

New playtime fun from GL Jones Comments disabled

Inclusive play experts, GL Jones Playgrounds, have introduced new models to their accessible playground equipment. Self-propelled inclusive roundabout Their latest wheelchair carousel, the 2.4 metre AbilityWhirl with two wheelchair or [...]

New Rifton HTS from Closomat Comments disabled

The health of a disabled child or small adult, and life of their carer, is being made better with a new hygiene system from Closomat, the Rifton HTS (Hygiene & [...]

People with a Learning Disability Comments disabled

Life with a learning disability There are one and a half million people in Britain with a learning disability, caused by the way the brain develops before birth, or by [...]

Adapted Clothing for Kids Comments disabled

It is not always easy to find suitable adapted clothing for children with special needs. Here is an overview of some types of clothing we have found Please send us an [...]

Bathtime for Children 2 comments

Safe and enjoyable bathing for children with disabilities Bathtime fun has not been a high priority for families with disabled children – it’s been hard enough to find suitable products [...]

G L Jones Playgrounds’ AbilityWhirl in Action! 2 comments

Indoors and outdoors, kids need to have fun. Young children learn about the world and themselves through playing; everyone benefits from the improvements in co-ordination, balance, agility and muscle tone [...]