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Sue Searle of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, describes how using a particular sleeping bag has helped her have control of her son's bedtime.
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Sue Searle of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, reviews A guide for parents with disabilities: highchairs, published by Ricability.
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Fine Round Cribs, based in the USA, produces made-to-order wooden baby cribs and changing tables, which can be customised with leg extensions to enable wheelchair access. Jason Carley, a disabled father from Oklahoma, USA, reviews the crib.
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Chris Gibson, project engineer and Betty Bateson, honorary secretary of the REMAP panel in Doncaster, outline the work of the UK charity. They also describe how the panel enabled a disabled mother to buckle her child's car sea...
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In this article, we look at adapted equipment that has been customised for individual parents who are wheelchair users. The adaptations were designed and carried out by the UK charity Remap and the information is taken from its website, www.remap.org
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Nina Evans from the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering (BIME), UK, talks about the BIME wheelchair baby carrier and toddler carrier, with comment from disabled parent, Mandy Gatrick. Here Mandy talks about her experiences of getting out and about...
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Dawn Colclasure-Wilson, a disabled mother from Eugene, Oregon, USA, reviews the ThirstClencher hands-free baby bottle holder. Available from www.thirstclencher.com/toddlerTC. Price $6.99 plus shipping (up to $6.00 international postage).
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Katie Duff, an occupational therapist from Gillette Lifetime Specialty Healthcare, Minnesota, USA, reviews the Fisher-Price Swing to High Chair, with input from wheelchair user and mother, Alyssa. For more information on the Fisher-Price Swing to Hig...
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Shona Milne, a mother with cerebral palsy from New South Wales, Australia, has benefited from a range of adaptations from Technical Aid to the Disabled (TADNSW). TADNSW is a not-for-profit organisation which coordinates the work of volunteers to supp...
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Emma Maher and Jason Jones are just two of the disabled parents from New South Wales, Australia, who have benefited from cot adaptations by Technical Aid to the Disabled (TADNSW). TADNSW is a not-for-profit organisation which coordinates the work of...
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Rhian Gregory, a disabled mother from Cardiff, reviews the Hulabye Happy Changer, a soft fabric vest that secures to the baby’s changing pad to prevent rolling and scooting. Available in a range of designs, one-size-fits-all for babies 0 to 24...
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In the article Back to basics, as featured in Disability, Pregnancy & Parenthood international, Issue 37, January 2002, five disabled mothers with back conditions talked about their parenting experiences. Most of them had visited either The Back...
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