The Best Seat for Your Child: Special Needs
- Children with special health care needs may be able to use standard child restraints. If not, find a listing of special needs products at www.aap.org/family/SpecialCarSeatsChart.pdf.
- Contact your insurance company to see if it will cover the costs of specialty restraints.
- Several restraints have been designed for children with special health or physical needs and have upper weight limits of 100 or more pounds.
- Car beds for low birth weight and/or medically fragile infants are available for children who must lie flat. Ask your baby’s doctor about testing for breathing problems before leaving the hospital.
NOTE: Many specialty restraints are voluntarily tested but are not required to meet any federal safety standards.
Source: Buckle Up Kids! A Guide for Choosing the Right Child Safety Restraint and Instructions for Correct Use, Minnesota Child Passenger Safety Program
Additional information: Indiana University School of Medicine, www.preventinjury.org/specNeeds.asp
The best seat for your car: carseatdata.org
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