A preschool severely disabled boy and his powered wheelchair: a case study
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Child: Care, Health and Development
- Vol. 13 (5) , 303-309
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.1987.tb00547.x
Abstract
A detailed account of the progress of a preschool child learning to steer a powered wheelchair via a mouth-operated joystick is described. Some problems were encountered during learning, but the positive effect on emotional, intellectual and behavioural development was noted.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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