To find out if a Wizzybug powered wheelchair is the most appropriate form of mobility for a child you are supporting at this stage, please look at the User Requirements.
Wizzybug Loan Scheme User Requirements
If you are supporting a child through their Wizzybug journey, you might find our series of tutorial videos useful for adjusting, adapting and troubleshooting Wizzybug.
Practice guidelines, evidence-based outcomes and systematic reviews can all add to a greater understanding of how children can benefit from Early Years Powered Mobility and will provide you with evidence for your clinical decisions.
We have a number of pieces of research published which you may be interested to see.
Evans, N. and Baines, R. (2017) Trends, goals and outcomes for children and families using early powered mobility in a charitable loan scheme. Journal of Enabling Technologies, Vol. 11 Issue: 4, pp.138-147.
Livingstone, R. and Paleg, G. (2013) Practice considerations for the introduction and use of power mobility for children. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 56: 210–222.
Rosen, L., Plummer, T., Sabet, A., Lange, M.L., Livingstone, R. (2017) RESNA Position on the Application of Power Mobility Devices for Pediatric Users.
Livingstone, R. and Field, D. (2014) Systematic review of power mobility outcomes for infants, children and adolescents with mobility limitations. Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 28(10) 954 –964.
Bray, N., Noyes, J., Edwards R.T. and Harris, N. (2014) Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children. A mixed methods systematic review and conceptual framework. BMC Health Services Research, 14:309.
Jones, M.A., McEwen, I.R. and Neas, B.R. (2012) Effects of power wheelchairs on the development and function of young children with severe motor impairments. Physical Therapy, 131-140.
Livingstone R. and Field, D. (2015) The child and family experience of power mobility: a qualitative synthesis. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 57: 317–327.
We are always happy to pass on our expertise in Early Years Powered Mobility and the benefits of children having access to a Wizzybug powered wheelchair.
If you think it would be beneficial for someone from Designability to come and speak about Wizzybugs and what they can offer to young children, please get in touch with us via the form below.
