Child
Passenger Safety Transporting Children
with Special Health Care Needs
Resources:
Glossary for Special Needs: Technology Assisted Care Equipment, Mediations & Machines)
(Printable PDF)
Glossary for Special Needs: Disabilities & Medical
Terminology) (Printable
PDF)
Carseat
Compatibility Database
Automobile Restraints for Children with Special Health Care Needs
American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statements
for Children with Special Needs:
• Selecting
and Using the Most Appropriate Car Safety Seats for Growing Children:
Guidelines for Counseling Parents /AAP Policy Statement
• Safe Transportation
of Premature and Low Birth Weight Infants
•
Safe Transportation of Newborns at Hospital Discharge
•
Transporting Children with Special Health Care Needs
Safe Ride News related articles: Please
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• #06- Check Your Child's Car Seat!
• #13- What Every Premature Baby Needs to Know....
• #10- Health Care Providers' Guide to Child Restraints for
Newborn Infants
• #07- Car Safety for Growing Babies From 4 to 12 Months
• #19- Meeting the Toddler Car Seat Challenge
• #05- Boosters, Belts, and Big Kids, Protecting preschoolers
and......
• #16- A Safe Ride for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Other Links:
The following are links to resources where you can obtain further
information on various special health care needs.
The Automotive Safety Program at Riley Hospital
www.preventinjury.org
National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, www.nichcy.org
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA),
www.Aota.org
American Physical Therapy Association (APTA),
www.apta.org
Autism Society of America,
www.autism-society.org
Epilepsy Foundation-National Office,
www.efa.org
Hydrocephalus Association,
www.hydroassoc.org
Little People of America,
www.lpaonline.org
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation,
www.marchofdimes.com
National Association for Down Syndrome Society
www.nads.org
Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation,
www.oif.org
Spina Bifida Association of America,
www.sbaa.org
United Cerebral Palsy,
www.ucp.org
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