Segway/standing mobility scooter

What clever parents you are! At times it is best to use what suits. ignoring what is on an NHS list. Can you find somewhere to try out Segways? Admittedly it needs a bit more practice than a chair, and admittedly the OT will be scared to advise him to use anything but a chair.  But only for box ticking reasons because novel ideas are discouraged by beaurocratic systems.

Some charities specialise in children's wheelchairs and maybe wouldhave experience of 'wheelchair- alternatives'?

Segway USA willbe sure to have examples where this is used for exactly that purpose:i.e. The user is not less strong or less mobile than average, but is more quickly tired. (Probably a firm rule about wearing a helmet wouldbe needed) You will need good research to convince the school it counts as an alternative wheelchair in case they worry about insurance and health and safety and fear he will mow others down in the playground (He won't, and an electric wheelchair makes a far more serious weapon!)

  But your idea could be brilliant for various reasons, one being 'cool' among his peers, another being more easily transported, or carried/dragged. The good thing about standing at eye level with the others is he can keep being included easily in conversations, and can see everything others can.

  Obviously his new school would have to make a firm rule nobody is allowed to ride it except for him, and he is not allowed to give anyone permission.   Again maybe Segway or a charity would have information and suggestions. You might consider, if necessary,  being creative with fact and telling him it is insured exclusively for him and on the basis of an electric wheelchair. So if his best friends ride it down the path in your own back garden, you could make a show of wanting to confirm with their parents that if there is an accident, you have an email in advance confirming they fully accept any risk and liability for their own child. 

I am guessing that you are from "across the pond" ?

We do things slightly differently in the UK - We limit mobility scooters etc to 4mph (unless they are road legal class 3, in which case - they need to be registered with DVLA and can then do 8mph on roads (not bus lanes though).

4mph is the limit of any "vehicle" on pavements as well.

At the moment - Segways or any "hoverboard" are illegal for ANYONE to use in public areas in UK (roads and/or pavements) at any speed.

The only place that a Segway can be legally used in on private property in UK.

I assume that Lenny Rush only uses his segway on private property - because he will be breaking the law otherwise.

You've already said that…

Sorry but… https://www.theukrules.co.uk/news/sports-and-leisure/hoverboard-laws/#segway_law

including:

In legal terms, the police consider these devices as motor vehicles.
As such, they are subject to standard legal requirements that apply to
cars or motorcycles, including:

• Adequate insurance cover
• Driver licensing
• Road tax
• Vehicle registration

They cannot therefore be used on a road unless they conform to the
law and many such vehicles will never be ‘road legal’ as their design
fails to meet UK or EC road vehicle standards.

Furthermore, such vehicles cannot legally be used on the pavement
either, in fact the only place they can be used is on private land with
the landowner’s permission.

People often believe the law doesn’t apply because some of these
vehicles are small – like children’s toys. But, UK hoverboard
legislation does not exempt ‘toys’.

In fact, the physical size of a vehicle is not used as an indicator of whether it qualifies as a child’s toy.

If young people use such vehicles on the road or pavement the rider
may be committing several offences. Moreover, the parents may also face
prosecution for aiding and abetting or permitting the offences.

I have a personal reason for hating these "Hoverboard / Scooters"

We live in an area with several families who don't think about anyone other than themselves and use scooters as daily transport - despite it being totally illegal - they often shoot past our house at (clearly) over 30mph - and ignore rules of the road, using both sides of the road and often two up….our road is a 20mph limit !

In fact there was one yesterday evening - who shot past at an estimated 50mph.

I feel like reporting them, anonymously to the police - but the police would do absolutely nothing.