Life for disabled children and their families is difficult enough without having to contend with constant discomfort. Children with developmental and other disabilities depending upon wheelchairs or supports to help them sit upright face a number of difficulties: owing to lack of muscle tone and sometimes uncontrollable movement, they tend to slump into seating. Not only is this unpleasant, it can lead to organs becoming compressed, which, in turn, can lead to further developmental problems. Moreover, it can make communication - often affected by disability and tricky in any case - even more difficult.
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