| It should be needless to say that special needs kids | | | | fondest desires that incorporates into it wheelchair |
| deserve as much enjoyment and self-expression in | | | | access. Beds for special needs kids may also include |
| their personal space as every other kid. And yet until | | | | extra storage space to accommodate all their special |
| recently it's seemed so difficult to find beds for special | | | | child care items. From building materials to access and |
| needs kids that were anything but sterile, utilitarian and | | | | safety, every element of day-to-day living with a |
| ordinary. Fortunately, interior designers are finally | | | | special needs child can be taken into account in the |
| starting to catch wind of this glaring need in children's | | | | design and building process. |
| bed design and have begun incorporating elements of | | | | A key element of custom beds for special needs kids |
| fun, playfulness, and fantasy into custom special needs | | | | is clear visibility between the bed and the rest of the |
| kid's beds. | | | | room, allowing parents to keep a close eye on their |
| Parents of special needs kids have complained for | | | | special needs child with an easy sightline from the |
| years that the only beds available to their children have | | | | bedroom door as well as allowing the child him or |
| been cribs and not beds. Not only are special needs | | | | herself to see windows, wall murals, a TV, or any |
| cribs expensive and ugly, but they can also be | | | | other cherished and crucial bedroom item or element |
| humiliating and disempowering for special needs kids | | | | directly from his or her bed. |
| older than toddler age who have enough to work | | | | One key aspect of custom theme beds designed for |
| through already without also having a bedroom that | | | | special needs kids is that any objects or devices |
| makes them feel like they're still an infant. Other past | | | | critical to the child's care can be easily incorporated |
| attempts at special needs beds just look like stalls and | | | | into the design such that it is camouflaged to fit in with |
| hospital beds, none of which inspire any sort of delight | | | | the overall fantasy setting. This allows for all the child's |
| in the child forced to sleep there. | | | | special needs to be taken care of, not least of which is |
| That's why custom special needs beds are such a | | | | the need to feel "normal" and not have their medical |
| welcome and attractive alternative. Now a special | | | | circumstances staring them in the face at every |
| needs kid can have a custom castle bed, a custom | | | | second. |
| race car bed, a custom tree house bed, a custom | | | | If you're the parent of a special needs kid, why not get |
| mansion bed, or any other custom fantasy bed they | | | | them a bed that is both attractive and appealing to |
| can imagine - just like their friends. | | | | them while let at the same time fitting their |
| There's no reason, for example, that a child in a | | | | extra-special needs. |
| wheelchair can't have a custom theme bed befitting his | | | | |