Adaptive Backpacks for Kids and Teens: Pottery Barn's New Accessible Collection

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Written By Rachel Portell

Just in time for back-to-school shopping, Pottery Barn Kids & Pottery Barn Teen have introduced expanded back-to-school collections that include adaptive backpacks and accessible desks. With hundreds of thousands of children using a wheelchair, cane, crutches, or walker to assist with mobility, the availability of adaptive products is crucial to ensure that every child has access to the tools they need to succeed in school. Fortunately, Pottery Barn collaborated with kids, parents, teachers, and experts to ensure their new designs were thoughtfully accessible.

The Accessible Collection from Pottery Barn Kids includes the Mackenzie Adaptive Backpack ($64.50), the Mackenzie Adaptive Lunchbox ($28.50), and the Morgan Accessible Desk (499). Pottery Barn Teen’s accessible collection includes the Gear Up Adaptive Backpack ($69.50), the Gear Up Adaptive Lunchbox ($32.50), and the Hampton ADA Desk ($849).

Young boy with brown hair and a blue sweater in a wheelchair at the Pottery Barn Kids Morgan Accessible Desk which is white. The top drawer is open and he is reaching in for a toy train. There is a map puzzle, a dinosaur, a toy car, and notebooks on

Image via potterybarnkids.com/pages/accessible-collection

Mackenzie Adaptive Backpack & Gear Up Adaptive Backpack

These adaptive backpacks are durable, have versatile mounting options, and incorporate thoughtful details, including:

  • Fold-away backpack straps, adjustable hanging straps, and D-rings making the backpack compatible with the most common mobility devices for children.

  • Smooth-glide zippers with easy-grab looped pulls.

  • Insulated front pockets to keep medicine cold.

  • Access ports for tubes and cables.

  • Roomy interior with pockets to hold medical & school essentials.

The Mackenzie Adaptive Backpack is available in five of PB Kid’s best-selling prints and patterns like navy glow-in-the-dark dino bones and rainbow ombre sparkle.

The Gear Up Adaptive Backpack comes in three of PB Teen’s best-selling prints.

You can buy a matching Mackenzie Adaptive Lunchbox or a Gear Up Adaptive Lunchbox that boasts easy grab zippers, a padded handle, detachable shoulder straps, and easy attachment to the backpacks.

Girl with brown curly hair in a pony tail and a denim shirt in a black and turquoise wheelchair seated at her accessible white desk with grey hardware pinning a memo to a pinboard on the wall behind the desk

image via pbteen.com/pages/accessible-collection

Morgan Accessible Desk & Hampton Accessible Desk

The Morgan and the Hampton Accessible Desks are fully designed to be ADA compliant. Both desks are wooden with a white finish and offer the following accessible features:

  • Wider seat opening to accommodate wheelchair

  • Pull-out drawers for easier access with ADA compliant drawer pull force requirements

  • Easy-grab drawer handles

The Morgan Accessible Desk has timeless brushed nickel accents, follows the dimensional ADA Children’s clearance and hight standards with a lower desktop and a wider seat opening, and drawers that can be assembled on the right of left side of the desk.

The Hampton Accessible Desk has three English dovetail drawers that have side-mounted metal glides.

Side by side comparison of The Morgan Desk and The Morgan Accessible Desk, showing that the accessible desk has a lowered desktop with a wider seat opening, easy grab drawer handles, and pull-out drawers instead of reach-in cubbies

image via potterybarnkids.com/products/morgan-accessible-desk


You can find the Mackenzie Adaptive Backpack in Pottery Barn Kids stores. All other accessible products can be found online.

Rachel Portell
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