Stroller attachment for wheelchairs

Here we take a look at various stroller attachments for wheelchair bound parents, who want the option of taking their baby around.

Parents who use wheelchairs can now push a stroller thanks to these attachments. Several wheelchair-accessible have been invented, though not many of them are for sale. These innovations will give differently-abled parents the option to push a stroller around, if need be.

Check out these cool ideas for wheelchair-bound parents who desire more independence in parenthood.

Using Stroller as Wheelchair (Tag)

At Disney World, while most strollers have to be left at the parking area close to any attraction, some strollers are allowed to enter the queue.

This is because those strollers are considered as wheelchairs, and for that you need to attach the “Stroller as Wheelchair” tag.

Disney Parks provide a special red tag for strollers meant for children with sensory and mobility issues.

A “Stroller As Wheelchair” tag is a red colored tag which has a stroller and wheelchair symbols. This tag will allow you to take the stroller anywhere a wheelchair can go.

How to get “Stroller As Wheelchair” tag:

• Visit any of the Guest Relations locations to get your “Stroller As Wheelchair” red tag.
• Ask for the Disability Access Service pass to be added to your child’s MagicBand.
• At attractions that have stroller parking, just show the red tag and you will be allowed to proceed with the stroller.

Strollers As Wheelchairs
Guests with disabilities—including those with a cognitive disability—who need to remain in a stroller while in an attraction queue should visit the Guest Relations Lobby at the theme parks in order to obtain the appropriate identifying tag. Disney.com website.

Free Wheel Pram Attachment

Using the FreeWheel allows you to connect a pram attachment. The attachment is a combination of the rack accessory and a car seat. The baby car seat is securely on the FreeWheel rack, which is then fastened onto the footrest of the wheelchair. This way you can push a baby in a stroller, while seated on the wheelchair. Read more

Here’s another example where a baby can be pushed in a stroller using the FreeWheel attachment. You can buy the metal rack online to make it a reality.

Easy Stroll universal stroller attachment

Easy Stroll is a universal connector that goes between a wheelchair and a stroller. Produced in Israel, Easy Stroll is quickly gaining worldwide attention. Read more.

BuggyPod

BuggyPod is a popular convertible clip-on side seat, commonly used on strollers to accommodate another child/toddler. BuggyPod also works quite well with power wheelchair-using parents. This attaches to most power wheelchairs and it’s available for purchase. Read more.

Specially designed stroller allows mom in wheelchair to take baby for walks

Since being shot by another child when she was 5 years old, Sharina Jones has been a paraplegic, using a wheelchair to go about her daily activities.

But when the Detroit, Michigan, resident learned that she was expecting her first child, she found herself in the position of needing someone else’s help to make her dream of a wheelchair-friendly baby stroller come true.

When a friend told Jones about a unique partnership between University of Detroit Mercy and University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy — the university works with high school students to give them college-level STEM research projects, some of which are designed to meet the needs of disabled individuals through engineering — she decided to approach them.

16-year-old high school senior Alden Kane was tasked with the job of creating a wheelchair stroller and baby carrier that the expectant mother could use when her baby arrived that summer.

After months of drawing plans, making prototypes and testing out different materials, Kane made a product from stainless steel piping with connectors.

“It’s not so much a stroller where you’d want to use it independently. It’s designed specifically to attach to a wheelchair. In a sense, it is a stroller, but instead of a person pushing it, a wheelchair pushes it,” says Kane.

Watch: See how the stroller attachment works in the video below:
Jones’ son is now 10 weeks old, and the new mom says Kane’s stroller has given her a great deal of freedom, allowing her to shop at the mall, use public restrooms and go for walks with her son, all while knowing he is safe and secure.

“I love it. It makes everything so much easier,” says Jones.

Kain’s design let Jones take her baby outside on her wheelchair
Jones said she and her husband are enjoying their first weeks as parents, adding that she, too, hopes to see the stroller design become available for more wheelchair-using mothers.

“I’m very thankful for everything that I have, and getting the opportunity to have something like this new stroller,” Jones said. “I’m just very excited about it.”

Source: today

Useful Links

• Stroller Options for Wheelchair-Using Parents
• Stroller as Wheelchair thread on disboards.com