If it’s about selecting and adapting the right auxiliary mean, the child and its individual needs certainly should be in focus. If the offspring is unable to use a wheelchair itself because of reduced mobility, a flexible pushchair, or even rehab buggy, makes sense. It hardly differs optically from other models and is usually a good preparation for the change to the wheelchair. If this takes place it is also very common by now that seats from active wheelchairs for example can continually grow with the child.
To make habituation more easy it’s especially important for children that handling and usage can take place easily and intuitively. An almost playful approach can help children who have problems with language or speaking. Special apps in which you can build sentences with the help of different pictures, or robots interacting with children can help them to better cope with difficult situations of communication.
Not just in their everyday life, but also at school, children can profit by this. Apps or voice output tools like talkers and other means in context of so-called Assisted Augmented Communication overcome possibly existing barriers and can contribute their part to social participation.
And especially in habitat school special school chairs can be already helpful for children with concentration and learning difficulties plus heightened urge to move. They promote concentration by balancing while sitting and have a special seat shape to ensure an optimal hip and pelvic positioning. The company Thomashilfen offers different models that may be useful for children with AD(H)S and autism among others. The main focus of these chairs is that they fit discreetly into the entire seating of the classroom and creating no special status thus.
