RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users

Autor/inn/en	Rosen, Lauren; Arva, Julianna; Furumasu, Jan; Harris, Michele; Lange, Michelle L.; McCarthy, Elisabeth; Kermoian, Rosanne; Pinkerton, Heather; Plummer, Teresa; Roos, Jodi; Sabet, Andrina; Vander Schaaf, Paula; Wonsettler, Terri
Titel	RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users
Quelle	In: Assistive Technology, 21 (2009) 4, S.218-226 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-0435
Schlagwörter	Children; Assistive Technology; Physical Mobility; Attitudes; Child Development; Vision; Intellectual Development; Readiness; Cognitive Ability; Age; Child Safety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Alter; Lebensalter
Abstract	This document, approved by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Board of Directors in March 2007, shares typical clinical applications and provides evidence from the literature supporting the use of power wheelchairs for children. It is RESNA's position that age, limited vision or cognition, behavioral issues, and the ability to walk or propel a manual wheelchair short distances should not, in and of themselves, be used as discriminatory factors against power mobility (PM) for children. RESNA recommends early utilization of PM for the appropriate candidates as medically necessary to promote psychosocial development, reduce learned helplessness, and facilitate social and educational integration and independence. It is RESNA's position that early utilization of PM for the appropriate child enhances independence, improves psychosocial development, and enables children to grow to become productive and integrated members of society. Without efficient, independent mobility, children may develop learned helplessness and experience delays in both physical and cognitive domains. Mobility should be effortless and provide children with the opportunity to attend to and fulfill all daily tasks as typically expected from their nondisabled peers. Age, limited vision or cognition, difficulty of accessing controls, parental concerns, and the ability to utilize other means of mobility for very short distances should not, in and of themselves, eliminate the child as a candidate for PM. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10