Department of Transportation, created the award-winning CARES initially for toddlers. Louise Stoll, a grandmother from Vermont and former Assistant Secretary in the U.S. CARES holds the child securely against the back of the airplane seat. This first-of-its-kind harness loops around the back of the airplane seat, has shoulder straps that come over the child’s shoulder, a chest clip to hold the straps in place, and loops at the bottom of the straps for the regular seat belt. This exciting new development is an outgrowth of the award-winning Child Aviation Restraint System (CARES) that has been sold to more than 35,000 families for global travel. The world is getting better for kids with disabilities but there is still a long way to go.îįast forward two years – the FAA has just granted a special needs youngster who weighs 73 pounds and is 4 ft 11 inches tall, permission to use CARES. I know other families in this same situation. But CARES was certified for children 22-44 lbs, and under 40 inches tall – and while typical children eventually grow into using just the airplane seat belt, youngsters with special needs often continue to need additional support.Ĭandie, the mother of a 10-year-old special needs child who weighed 66 pounds wrote, ìWe were forced to drive if we wanted to travel, because our son is too big for a car seat. CARES was the answer to her dilemma!Īlong with Helen, other parents of young children with disabilities have discovered CARES in the last 2 years and enjoyed the freedom of just being able to bring it on a plane and use it for their kids with no advance arrangements with the airline. Then Helen heard about the CARES child aviation restraint – a belt and buckle device, designed for any size airplane seat, that the FAA had recently certified for all phases of flight. Her only obstacle was her daughter’s specially designed car seat – it was not FAA approved to use on the airplane. She had the time, the hotel and the ticket. Two years ago Helen, the mother of a young girl with special needs, was eager to fly to Disney World for her family’s first vacation.
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