Wheelchairs may be required by some people. Individuals with hearing loss can benefit from hearing aids. Individuals with OI must naturally take more safety precautions than most. Since even minor bumps or accidents can fracture a bone, take precautions to avoid large crowds, unknowing toddlers or large dogs. Parents should lift and diaper infants with OI with extreme care, being careful to support their limbs at all times.
Many parents successfully transport their children on a pillow or a foam pad.
If you have children with 01, discuss their symptoms with teachers and other caregivers so they will know that frequent fractures are common symptoms of OI and not signs of child abuse. Although OI does not affect intelligence, medical problems and disabilities may present adjustment problems for children in school or in social and family situations. If so, you and your child might benefit from short-term psychological counseling. You can ask your doctor for a referral. Though children with OI need special protection, they also need to play and have friends.