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New adaptive sneakers to fit over my son's DAFOs (ankle braces)

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My son has Cerebral Palsy (spastic quadriplegia), and as part of his day to day treatment, he wears DAFOs, which are ankle braces designed to keep his heel cords stretched to prevent toe walking and better formation and growth of his muscles. DAFOs take up quite a bit of space in shoes, so he needs adaptive shoes, which are outside of my budget. There is a perfect pair for him, the KPW11 on the website keepingpace.com, in youth size 11. The shoes cost $69.99 plus shipping. With his new pair of DAFOs, he needs this larger size, because his current shoes are not working with them and are just about giving out. He must have shoes to complete his therapies and activities at school.

Wish Info

  • Posted: Sep 30, 2012 8:43 pm
  • Member: writermags
  • Member Since: Sep 30, 2012
  • Wishes Granted: 0 times
  • Raised: $0.00 Goal: $69.99
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  • City: Marmora
  • State: New Jersey
  • Country: United States
  • Type: Need
  • Wish is for: Child
  • Category: Household Needs
  • Cause: Cerebral Palsy
  • Views: 247
  • Comments: 5
  • Follows: 2

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Cpkid84 1 month ago

which place should i talk to the place that makes the braces the braces to make a prescription for shoes when i never thought of that i go to Riley Hospital for Children in INdianapolis,IN. and also fit me for my braces and i get prescription for braces from my orthopedic and who do i ask for prescription from? I need shoes real bad and my shoes are wearing out and i am not sure what brand they are and they are size 12 which i wear bigger size because wearing dafo braces. so insurance like medicaid will pay for new shoes i never knew this. I been wearing braces for 3 years like. and i have spastic diplegic cerebral palsy.

mommie817 8 months ago

i pray you get your wish

fourgirls1boy4me 8 months ago

My daughter wears DAFO also. We just had to buy 2 sizes up for them to fit. Never thought about asking insurance.

heyfire 8 months ago

Praying you get your hero. Have you tried your insurance? Ours will pay for one pair a year. And also if you call the company ask if they have any on clearance. I've gotten them for 60% off from them. They are the only shoes my daughter can ware.
to have insurance pay for them you have to get a perscription from your dr, the where you have your DAFO made they will order them and do the rest for you.

mommie817 8 months ago

awww i pray your wish gets granted
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