Winter 2023: "ON Time Mobility: Advocating for Mobility Equity"
Physical therapist consultant Tamra Yandow summarizes a powerful framework for advocating for mobility equity: the ON Time Mobility Framework.
Original article: Andrina Sabet, PT, ATP; Heather Feldner, PT, MPT, PhD, PCS; Jennifer Tucker, PT, DPT, PCS; Samuel W. Logan, PhD; James Cole Galloway, PhD, PT, FAPTA (2022). ON Time Mobility: Advocating for Mobility Equity. Pediatric Physical Therapy 2022; 34: 546-550. DOI: 10.1097/PEP.0000000000000939
Available as a Word doc (.docx), or in .pdf format.
Fall 2022: "Ride-On Car Intervention for Young Children with Down Syndrome"
Pediatric physical therapist Scottie Taylor summarized this simple but useful study of how children with Down syndrome interact with ride-on cars.
Christina M. Hospodar, Andrina Sabet, Samuel W. Logan, Michele A. Catena & James C. Galloway (2021). Exploratory analysis of a developmentally progressive modified ride on car intervention for young children with Down syndrome. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 16:7, 749-757. DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2019.1710773.
Available as a Word doc (.docx), in .pdf format, or as downloadable audio (.mp3).
Spring 2022: "Exploring young children's activity and participation change following 6 months' power mobility experience"
Vermont Early Mobility Project intern Cara Tillou summarized this 2020 article on early mobility as an illustrated .pdf.
"Exploring young children's activity and participation change following 6 months' power mobility experience". Original article by Roslyn W. Livingstone, and Debra A. Field.
RESNA Position on the Application of Power Wheelchairs for Pediatric Users
This 2009 journal article is actually a position paper.
The Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Tehnology Society of North Amercia (RESNA) released this paper that lays out their beliefs on best practices for how to use power wheelchairs with pediatric users (.pdf).
Facilitating Child Participation Through Power Mobility
Tamra Yandow and Deborah Sharpe wrote this 2019 research summary (.pdf) of "Facilitating child participation through power mobility".
The original article appeared in the British Journal of Occupational Therapy, and was written by J. Casey, G. Paleg, and R. Livingstone.
Power Mobility for Infants and Pre-School Children
This journal article is called "Power Mobility for Infants and Pre-School Children".
It was written by Roslyn Livingstone in 2011. It appeared in Child Development & Rehabilitation.
