Carolines Cart Helps People With Special Needs Shop

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Linkmaybe this will also help with wondering behavior in autistics what do you Guys think? Mabey my uncle will give me a ride in one one day. I have a tendency to wonder off in stores and is hard to find plus it would be cool to ride in and help me not get distracted. All I wonder if my mom grandma or uncle would mind pushing me in one of those.

Or is using it for that reason selfish? While it's hard for me to walk long distinct rarely to sometimes and bump into others a lot and get lost in crowds I don't know if I really need it and could just wanting it to be lazy in the back of my mind.

Looks kind of low to the ground. Older kids (for whom I assume it's intended) might find their feet dragging.
I put my son in a regular cart seat until he was about six or seven.
It looked funny but I couldn't shop with him otherwise. He would run around and stand in other peoples' way and take things off shelves and not pay any attention to staying near me. Without the cart, I spent all my energy trying to herd him. He's nine now and sometimes I wish he still fit in the cart. Mostly I just ignore him in shops now, and other shoppers just have to fend for themselves. He's too big to be carried off by a stranger now, so at least I don't have to worry about that.

I could see it being helpful not just for children in wheelchairs (the group it was meant for) but also for kids who wander or grab stuff past the age most kids do that, and for kids who have trouble walking long enough to handle a grocery store trip. It's probably not big enough for adults or teens, unless the seat can be adjusted upward.

Whenever I go to the grocery store, I insist on being the one to push the cart, because the support of the cart helps me handle walking and standing more easily. Normally, if I start & stop too much while walking, or stand still too long, my legs will ache and feel wobbly. (Walking without stopping is not a problem unless I walk very far or I'm extremely tired.)