Safety Tips

Playground Safety

To find general safety tips, resources, and information about ADA accessibility for playgrounds for parents, caregivers, and professionals, please view our playground safety tips.

Fire Safety

• Riley Hospital's Fire Safety Information for Children with Special Needs
• View a sample or order a Lock, Drop and Roll safety poster for children using wheelchairs
• View a sample or order a Move Low Under Smoke poster for children unable to crawl

Water Safety

View a copy of Seattle Children's Water Safety for Children with Seizures Fact Sheet.

Car Safety

The Medem website has lots of helpful car seat information such as:

• General Guidelines
• Choosing car seats for children with special needs
  
• Using your seat safely
• Transporting premature babies
• Transporting older children
• Transporting children in casts or wheelchairs

The American Academy of Pediatrics publishes a special needs car safety seats/restraint product information chart.

University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute offers vehicle safety tips for people who use wheelchairs.

Washington State Medical Home web site has a car seats for low birth weight infants document.

Safety Belt Safe USA has a Quick Reference List for automobile restraints for children with special needs.

Safety Tips by Diagnosis

• Cardiac conditions (available in English or Spanish)
• Diabetes (available in English and Spanish)
• Hearing loss (available in English and Spanish)
• Hemophilia (available in English and Spanish)
• Children who use mobility devices (available in English and Spanish)
• Seizures (available in English and Spanish)
• Sickle cell disease (available in English only)
• Vision loss (available in English and Spanish)