About Children's Wheelchairs

Deciding which wheelchair is right for a child is not an easy task, but we are fortunate in New Zealand that many Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists specialise in this area, and can make the task as easy as possible. There are some great websites that offer assistance and are well worth visiting to help the decision process:

www.abledata.com

Can we trial the wheelchairs shown on this website?
Yes - all we need is a trial request to come through from a therapist that you are working with. Once we have this, and the specifications you require, we will send the wheelchair out to the therapist and they will have it for you to trial for at least one week.

Once we decide upon the wheelchair our child is going to use, how long will we need to wait until we receive it?
Once the funding comes through, standard wheelchairs like the Karma KM7520 Paediatric wheelchair is generally held in stock and delivery to the therapist will be within 2 - 3 days. If the wheelchair is going to be custom made, like a Gizmo, it might take up to six weeks from the time we receive the order from the funding authority until it is delivered to the therapist.

View FAQ about Manual Wheelchairs