Modifying Motorized Cars for Powered Mobility

Pediatric Physical Therapy is offering free access to an informative article on how to modify off the shelf motorized cars for early powered mobility for children with physical disabilities.  The article is entitled, Modified Ride-on Toy Cars for Early Power Mobility: A Technical Report, and it describes a variety of car models along with how they differ.  It provides suggestions on how to modify seating, steering and drive systems including how to use a push button switch to drive!  All the suggestions appear to be simple to carry out with a few tools and readily available supplies.  This article is awesome if you are considering early powered mobility for young children.  So detailed and wonderful pictures.  You can view the article at Pediatric Physical Therapy.   

Reference: Huang, Hsiang-Han OT, ScD; Galloway, James C. PT, PhD. Technical Report Modified Ride-on Toy Cars for Early Power Mobility: A Technical Report. Pediatric Physical Therapy:Summer 2012 – Volume 24 – Issue 2 – p 149–154 doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e31824d73f9