Just as you can purchase warmers, capes and protection against the weather for adult wheelchair users, so too can you for child wheelchair users too.

Some capes and covers dont have any sleeves to them so they of course are suited to when a child will be pushed in the wheelchair and not operating it themselves but there are also the type that do have sleeves for a child that will be using the wheelchair themselves or simply prefers to have their arms free rather than underneath the cover.

Whether a child needs the use of a warmer or just waterproof protection there are solutions to suit not just the type of weather but the childs own choice of how they want to be covered and these products dont cost that much, with some starting at around £15 for the type of covers that cover from the waist to the feet.

Most fit the child quite snug too so that the cover is not hanging down below their feet or at the sides of the wheelchair.

While using your wheelchair there’s only so many things that you can hold onto, even if its a powered wheelchair you can only use your hands for as many tasks as they can handle at once.

The thing is that you may need protection from the rain or sun and it’s not really practical to try and hold an umbrella with one hand while trying to use your wheelchair with the other so you need a way of still being able to use an umbrella without having to really think about it.

This is where a wheelchair umbrella is a great solution to this, where there would usually be a normal shaped handle you instead have an attachment that easily fixes to the handle of your wheelchair and can be positioned just how you want it.

So whether you need protection from the rain or just a bit of shade from the glaring sun on a nice summers day you can acheive this easily with a wheelchair umbrella.

For mobility scooters that need to display a tax disc you can buy tax disc holders that can be attacted to the front of the steering area, so that it is prominently displayed.

Some mobility scooters are not for road use and dont require any tax disc to be displayed but for those that do its best to keep it visible, having it displayed on the front is probably the best area to display it.

It’s only the Class 3 mobility scooters that require this as they are legally allowed to be on the road and can have a maximum speed of up to 8mph.

This type is registered with the DVLA because of the road use and the tax disc displayed is a nil duty tax disc and to register the actual mobility scooter and have it licenced a form needs to be completed and sent to the DVLA.

You may find the information provided at the following link useful Code of practice for class 3 vehicle users it provides answers to questions that you may have regarding the use of powered mobility vehicles on the road.