Brillliant concept baby stroller for parents in wheelchairs

Being a parent is famously fraught with challenges. If however one or indeed both parents are wheelchair users there are of course some added difficulties that most parents don’t have.

Take for example prams (strollers, baby buggies or whatever you want to call them). What do you do if you’re a wheelchair user who wants to take their young child out in for a stroll? Given that wheelchair users have to control and direct their own chair, handling a pram simultaneously is obviously not the easiest thing to do.

Why is this?

A review I read suggested that the wider public generally had a weird habit of automatically imagining people with disabilities as being childless. Why? Who knows. Perhaps people who don’t know much about disability are too focused on the limitations rather than abilities and possibilities. In any case it is an indicator that public mentality is still the biggest barrier to overcome.

The Cursum baby stroller

Cindy Sjöblom was studying industrial design when she came up with the concept of the Cursum baby stroller. A simple but brilliant and necessary concept, the Cursum works as an attachment to a wheelchair to allow parent and baby the freedom to travel about together without unnecessary complications. Cindy carried interviews with parents affected by this problem in order to formulate the best possible solution.

The Cursum can be attached to a regular wheelchair and allows the parent to have their child within sight and easy reach as they stroll about town. A handle at the front allows the parent to gently lilt the wheelchair up when mounting a pavement. It can also be detached easily and stand independently should the need arise.

Where can I get one?

This is where the bad news kicks in. As far as I can ascertain the Cursum has, so far, not made it past the concept stage. Why no-one has picked it up yet I couldn’t’ say as there must surely be a high demand for this all over the world. It is perhaps telling that the only similar thing I’ve encountered was designed by volunteers from Remap, not from an established company or manufacturer.

If you hope to see the Cursum commercially available soon, my advice is to share its story far and wide. Tell everyone who will listen. Tweet about it. Share it on Facebook. If we can give the Cursum the attention it deserves, we will carry it one step closer to reality.

Brillliant concept baby stroller for parents in wheelchairs

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