{"title":"Picture Me Moving: A Photovoice Study of Families and Children With Motor Disabilities Using Modified Ride-on Toy Cars.","authors":"Reham A Abuatiq, Heather A Feldner","doi":"10.1097/PEP.0000000000001252","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>We investigated the long-term impact and use, from the families' perspectives, of modified ride-on cars for children with motor disabilities.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We used Participatory Action Research using photovoice methods with 13 families of young children with disabilities. Families collaborated as coresearchers by capturing photographs representing their experiences and sharing their meanings. Inductive thematic analysis was used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 4 themes: (1) opening doors for inclusion; (2) facilitating exploration and fun; (3) hopes for the future; and (4) challenges in design and functionality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Photovoice method effectively captured families' experiences with modified ride-on cars. Despite design and functionality limitations, ON Time use of modified ride-on cars is valuable for play, learning, exploration, mobility, and engagement for children with motor disabilities and their families.</p>","PeriodicalId":49006,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","volume":"38 1","pages":"78-86"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9000,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Physical Therapy","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/PEP.0000000000001252","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/12/30 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose: We investigated the long-term impact and use, from the families' perspectives, of modified ride-on cars for children with motor disabilities.
Method: We used Participatory Action Research using photovoice methods with 13 families of young children with disabilities. Families collaborated as coresearchers by capturing photographs representing their experiences and sharing their meanings. Inductive thematic analysis was used.
Results: We identified 4 themes: (1) opening doors for inclusion; (2) facilitating exploration and fun; (3) hopes for the future; and (4) challenges in design and functionality.
Conclusion: Photovoice method effectively captured families' experiences with modified ride-on cars. Despite design and functionality limitations, ON Time use of modified ride-on cars is valuable for play, learning, exploration, mobility, and engagement for children with motor disabilities and their families.
期刊介绍:
Pediatric Physical Therapy is an indexed international journal, that publishes peer reviewed research related to the practice of physical therapy for children with movement disorders. The editorial board is comprised of an international panel of researchers and clinical scholars that oversees a rigorous peer review process. The journal serves as the official journal for the pediatric physical therapy professional organizations in the Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. The journal includes articles that support evidenced based practice of physical therapy for children with neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and developmental conditions that lead to disorders of movement, and research reports that contribute to the foundational sciences of pediatric physical therapy, ranging from biomechanics and pediatric exercise science to neurodevelopmental science. To these ends the journal publishes original research articles, systematic reviews directed to specific clinical questions that further the science of physical therapy, clinical guidelines and case reports that describe unusual conditions or cutting edge interventions with sound rationale. The journal adheres to the ethical standards of theInternational Committee of Medical Journal Editors.