Mom pushes for Alberta to fund specialized car seats for kids with disabilities
An Alberta mother is calling on the provincial government to fund medically necessary car seats for children with disabilities, saying families shouldn’t have to rely on charities and community fundraising to get equipment recommended by their health-care providers.
Nikol Faltysova says her seven-year-old son Oliver Masnada needs a specialized car seat because he has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic condition that progressively weakens the muscles.
The Canmore family has now secured enough money for the roughly $4,200 seat, but Faltysova says it took two years of emails, applications and fundraising to get there.
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“I don’t think it’s okay to be going through this process and just constantly being told ‘no,’ because I don’t accept ‘no’ when it comes to my son,” Faltysova told CTV News.
“It should not be this hard. My son needs this car seat.”
