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Buying a Pushchair when You Have a Disability

Filed under: Consumer Market, Stuff for Kids, University of Shopping — November 13, 2009 @ 12:29 pm

It’s important for you as a parent to have a pushchair for your infant or toddler to help you move around easily when out and about. This can be even more vital if it’s a particular struggle for you as an individual to get around. There are many challenges for all parents when bringing up a child, and probably one of the last things a disabled mother or father needs is additional worry about how they are going to be getting their child from one place to another in a pushchair. Fortunately, the wide variety of pushchair models available these days can help to reduce these issues, providing a workable solution for people with many different requirements. Below are some of the things that you might want to consider if you are a disabled parent in the process of choosing a pushchair:

If you have no sight you may well we considering pulling your stroller along behind you rather than pushing it out in front so that you’re able to hold your dog or cane at the same time, and come into contact with obstacles before your child does. If you are intending to do this, having the swivel wheels closest to the back of your feet will help with steering, but unfortunately most models are not designed this way, so you will need to search carefully for an appropriate model of this kind or one that has a reversible handle that will also serve the same purpose.

Buying a pushchair with a very stable wheel base is recommended - going for the four wheel type rather than a three wheeler is likely to be best as this will help to minimise the chances of the pushchair tipping over as you walk. It’s also worth looking for buggy that has a flexible handle height so that you can adjust it into the most comfortable position for you.

There’s a specially designed child transport device called The Tug that you might consider trying. This could perhaps be more accurately described as a pullchair rather than a pushchair.

For those that are not blind but do have eye sight problems, you may wish to avoid ‘one colour’ strollers. Some pushchairs are designed in multiple bright colours and this can really help with things like fastening straps and doing up clasps if the colours have been used appropriately.

If you have some trouble with walking, the stability of your pushchair or stroller will again be particularly important. Purchasing a solidly constructed model with a wide wheel base should help with maintaining balance, although this can of course make life a bit more awkward when getting on and of public transport. One other suggestion to enhance stability is to place something heavy in the shopping basket that so many modern pushchairs feature these days.

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