This section of the website includes information on adaptive equipment including mobility equipment, therapy equipment, supports and braces, and accessibility projects.
Wheelchairs and Mobility Equipment
- Why You Need to Get Your Child Standing!
- Options for Air Travel for Children with Severe Physical Disabilities
- Transportation to School for Kids with Complex Medical Conditions
- Obtaining a Wheelchair or Medical Stroller
- Attaching Medical Equipment to Wheelchairs and Strollers
- Shopping for Wheels: From Trepidation to Acceptance
- Our Life with Wheels: The Freedom of Mobility
- Wheelchair Poetry: Reactions to Children in Wheelchairs
- Giving Them Wings: A Boy and His Powerchair
- All About Standers
Other Durable Medical Equipment
- Why You Need to Get Your Child Standing!
- Funding for Specialty Medical Beds
- Funding Sources for Uncovered Supplies and Equipment
- Funny Alternative Uses for Medical Supplies
- All About Standers
- How to Bathe Your Kid with Medical Issues
- How to Make a Floor Mat for a Child Who Loves to Kick and Stretch Out
- Reviews: Tumble Forms Feeder Seat and Full Support Outdoor Swing
- Car Seats for Children with Special Needs
Home Medical Equipment and Supplies
- Funding for Specialty Medical Beds
- 5 Rules of Suction Etiquette
- Treatment Options in Cystic Fibrosis
- Recent Improvements in Medical Equipment for Children with Respiratory Conditions
- Attaching Medical Equipment to Wheelchairs and Strollers
- Funding Sources for Uncovered Supplies and Equipment
- Trach Tips!
- Helpful Hints for Trach/Vent Equipment and Supplies
- Home Feeding Pumps and IV Pumps
- Surviving a Power Outage with Complex Medical Issues
Assistive and Communication Devices
- Snoezelen Therapy
- Helping Children with Disabilities Make Music
- Summer Activities For Kids with Motor Challenges Using a PowerLink
- An Accessible Garden
- Making Choices: Beginning the Augmentative Communication Process
- How Do You Know Your Child Understands?
- The Path to Communication
- Adapting Toys for Play
- All About Standers
- Mary’s DynaVox
- Accessing Augmentative Communication for Children with Severe Physical or Multiple Disabilities
Braces, Orthotics, and Adaptive Clothing
Articles from the Archives
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- Trunk Support Options for Children with Low Trunk Tone
- Exchanging Special Needs Equipment and Supplies
- Achieving Independent Mobility Regardless of Disability
- Lekotek and Other Toy-Lending Programs for Children with Special Needs
- Introducing Switches and Augmentative Communication Devices to Very Young Children
- Adapting Your World for Play
- Holiday Craft Ideas for Your Child with Fine Motor Impairment
- Using Technology to Alleviate Boredom—Educationally!
- Choosing Clothing for Children with Special Needs
- Inexpensive and Easily Available Toys That Work for Children with Special Needs
- Funding Sources for Home Modification
- Universal Design: Accessibility for All
- Bedroom, Bathroom, and Ramp Project
- Deck and Lift Project
- Deck and Ramp Project
- Bedroom, Bathroom, Nurse’s Area and Multisensory Area Project
- The Wheelchair Runaround: Oh, the Bitter Irony
- Should Children with Severe Neurological Issues Be on Monitors During Sleep?