How To Keep Your Child with Disabilities Safe?

Children with disabilities are increasingly growing in number. Thus, you must make sure to keep things safe concerning your kids.

Every parent wants their child to be safe and secure and lead the entire life happily while staying healthy. Preventing injuries for disabled children is nothing different when compared to normal kids. Every child is precious to this world and is different from others.

To keep the differently abled children safe, caregivers and parents must:

• Learn about the things which are unique concerns or danger to them.
• Plan ways to protect them and share it with others.
• Remember that their needs for protection may change over time.

What can you do?

Being a parent, you must talk to a professional doctor on how to keep things safe. Your child’s teacher might also have some good idea. After consulting with these professionals, make a safety plan and share it with your child and other adults to make them aware.

Moving around and handling tips

If your child experiences difficulties while moving around and handling things, you should be cautious of the environment, especially if you are visiting new places. Children who have limited ability to move, see, hear, or make decisions may not realize what is good or what isn’t.

Also, check their clothing and toys. Gift him/her clothes which are not too skin tight. Beware of apparel that have strings attached. They may tangle with the body causing unexpected mishaps.

Safety equipment

Considering your child’s safety, make sure you have the right kind of safety equipment. Many Indian organizations for persons with disabilities recommend that the safety equipment must be purchased based on the age and size of your child. Also, it is important to keep your kid safe in the car while you are driving. Be sure to choose the right car seat, to accommodate him/her. You can also ask a certified safety technician who is trained to provide special needs.

Other special safety equipment include:

• Customised life jackets.
• Smoke alarms in a home that signal with a light and vibrate alongside.
• Hand rails and safety bars can be put into homes to help a child who has difficulty moving around or a child who is at risk of falling.
• Speak to a healthcare professional about the right equipment for your child (especially for any special requirement)

If handling these circumstances becomes a problem for you, consider to send them to a school that takes care of disabled children.