If you’ve arrived here via AT4Kids.com.au, welcome - you’re in the right place.
We’re proud to share that AT4Kids (Specialised Paediatric Equipment), a division of Specialised Wheelchair Company, officially joined the Astris PME family in September 2025.
This transition brings together teams who share the same purpose: supporting children living with disability to move, participate, and thrive through the right assistive technology solutions.
What This Means for Families and Therapists
While the name on the website may have changed, what matters most remains the same - the people, the expertise, and the commitment to care.
By combining the trusted experience and local relationships of the AT4Kids and Specialised Wheelchair Company team with Astris PME’s national infrastructure and resources, we’re strengthening paediatric assistive technology services across Australia.
For therapists, families, and clients, this means:
- Continued support from the trusted AT4Kids and SWCo team that have joined Astris PME
- Access to an expanded range of world-class paediatric and scripted AT solutions
- Greater availability of trial equipment
- Enhanced service, workshop, and support capabilities across more locations
Astris PME CEO Steve Joyce summed it up best:
“Specialised Wheelchair Company has improved the lives of countless people for many years, and now, together, we can go even further.”
Why Paediatric Assistive Technology Matters
Movement plays a powerful role in childhood. It influences how children explore their surroundings, interact with others, and develop confidence in their abilities. When mobility is restricted, the impact can extend well beyond physical limitations - affecting learning, participation, and emotional wellbeing.
Paediatric assistive technology helps remove those barriers. With the right supports in place, children are better able to engage in everyday activities at home, at school, and within their community.
How Assistive Technology Supports Children
Building Confidence and Independence
When mobility equipment is carefully selected and customised, children gain greater control over how they move and participate. Solutions such as wheelchairs, walkers, standers, and supportive seating systems are designed to align with a child’s abilities, routines, and goals - encouraging independence and a growing sense of self-confidence.
Encouraging Inclusion and Social Connection
Mobility plays a key role in social participation. Appropriate equipment enables children to take part alongside their peers in classrooms, playgrounds, and community settings. Removing physical barriers allows children to focus on connection, communication, and shared experiences - supporting emotional development and inclusion.
Supporting Health, Posture, and Comfort
Paediatric mobility and positioning equipment is also critical for long-term physical health. Without adequate support, children may experience fatigue, discomfort, or posture-related complications. Carefully prescribed equipment helps promote safe alignment, comfort, and healthy movement patterns as children grow and change.
A Personalised, Child-Centred Approach
No two children are the same - and neither are their assistive technology needs. Effective paediatric AT is built on collaboration between families, allied health professionals, and experienced providers to ensure solutions are practical, adaptable, and supportive over time.
As children grow, their goals and needs evolve. Equipment may need adjustment or transition to continue supporting participation, independence, and comfort. A flexible, personalised approach ensures assistive technology continues to work with the child, not against them.
Looking Ahead, Together
Paediatric assistive technology is about more than equipment. It’s about creating opportunities - to participate, to connect, and to build confidence for the future.
By welcoming AT4Kids into the Astris PME family, we’re expanding our ability to support children, families, and therapists with trusted expertise, broader access to equipment, and enhanced services nationwide. This marks an exciting next chapter - and most importantly, a stronger foundation for the children and communities we support every day.
Get in Touch
To learn more or to book an appointment with one of our Specialist Paediatric Consultants, call 1300 131 884 or email clients@astris-pme.com.au.
