All children should ride in the back with a seat belt or in a safety seat. If my child was in the back and secure, her disability would not have happened. Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's Injury Prevention Program is reminding parents that the single most important thing they can do to protect their children while in the car is to buckle them up properly, every time. This reminder is being issued for Child Passenger Safety Week, February 11 - 17. Penny, a former inpatient and current outpatient at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is now nine years old.
Penny loves to dress up in pretty dresses and enjoys playing with dogs.
When she was an inpatient, she enjoyed Pet Therapy. If you have the option of placing the child in the middle of the back seat, that's the safest place. According to national statistics, riding unrestrained is the single greatest risk factor for death and injury among child motor vehicle occupants. The mission of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago's Injury Prevention Program is to prevent traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. The Injury Prevention Program educates the public about high-risk activities associated with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, such as not restraining children in car seats or seat belts in the back seat of vehicles.