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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.preventinjury.org/Special-Needs-Transportation/Child-Seats-for-Children-with-Special-Needs.
  • 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/Special-Needs-Transportation

Child Car Seat Ease-of-Use Ratings: www.safercar.gov/parents/CarSeats/Car-Seat-Ratings-Ease-Of-Use.htm


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Content provided by the Minnesota Safety Council, AAA Clubs of Minnesota, Safe Kids Minnesota and the
Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Office of Traffic Safety.