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Abilities Expo Announces Professional CRT Conferences for 2026

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New Soft Exoskeleton Developed for Kids with Cerebral Palsy

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Abilities Expo Announces Professional CRT Conferences for 2026
The new Abilities International Accessibility Conferences will co-locate with the Southern California, New York Metro, and Chicagoland consumer events.

The consumer- and caregiver-focused Abilities Expo series is partnering with multiple industry organizations to bring educational sessions to seating, mobility and assistive technology professionals starting in 2026. In a June 10 interview with Mobility Management, Katy Roberts, managing director of the Abilities Expo, discussed how the new Abilities International Accessibility Conference for industry professionals will…

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WTWH Healthcare Announces the Future Leaders Class of 2025

WTWH Healthcare, a WTWH Media, LLC company, is pleased to announce the Future Leaders Class of 2025. The Future Leaders Awards program recognizes dynamic leaders, age 40 and under, who are defining the future of aging and healthcare across the behavioral health, complex rehab technology, at-home care, home medical equipment, hospice and palliative care, senior…

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Briefly: Survey Seeks Input on Rear Anti-Tips; Bryan Anderson Honored with Statue
Featuring Dalhousie University and the La Verne Veterans Memorial.

Dalhousie University Researchers Seek Input on Rear Anti-Tip Devices Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is looking for feedback from English-speaking wheelchair service providers, manual wheelchair riders, and caregivers of manual wheelchair riders. The subject: rear anti-tip devices for manual wheelchairs and “your opinion on the usefulness of a new design.” In a social media…

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Collaboration Between Freedom Designs, Motion Concepts to Streamline Provision Process
Invacare America announces a new workflow between two of its divisions.

Invacare America has announced a collaboration between two of its divisions — Freedom Designs and Motion Concepts — that will simplify the seating and wheeled mobility ordering and provision process. In a June 16 announcement, Invacare said the new partnership between Freedom Designs, known for its manual tilt-in-space wheelchairs, and Motion Concepts, a seating and…

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Kalogon Launches Bondar 3D-Printed Custom Backrest
The new back complements the company’s Orbiter Med wheelchair seat cushion.

Kalogon has launched a 3D-printed custom back support designed to complement the company’s Orbiter Med wheelchair seat cushion. The Bondar back is “designed for people who need additional postural correction or support from their wheelchairs,” Kalogon said in a June 17 press release. The company used clinical feedback to design the new back support, which…

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Motion Composites Celebrates Opening of New York Assembly Facility
The new facility will start with the assembly of select ultralightweight wheelchair models.

Motion Composites has officially launched a facility in New York for the assembly of its ultralightweight wheelchairs. CEO Eric Simoneau was among the Motion Composites team members on hand in Plattsburgh, New York, to open the facility that will reinforce “the company’s long-standing commitment to its U.S. customers and end users by providing U.S.-assembled wheelchairs…

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VGM Canada Seeks Nominations for 2025 Leader of the Year Program
Nomination are open through June 30, with the winner to be announced at the Canadian Seating & Mobility Conference.

VGM Canada is calling for nominations for its HME Leader of the Year contest for 2025. Previously, the award has been given to the HME Woman of the Year. But for 2025, the contest’s eligibility rules were expanded. “The Canadian HME Leader of the Year Award is open to all individuals working in the HME…

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UCP Letter: ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Budget Bill’s Impact on Disability Community
United Cerebral Palsy CEO Armando Contreras said the organization anticipates home-and-community-based services to be threatened.

In a new letter about H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22, United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) said the organization remains “deeply concerned about the bill’s indirect consequences on the disability community and the providers that serve them.” The letter, signed by UCP’s President/CEO Armando…

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Motion Composites Opens New York Assembly Facility
The ultralightweight wheelchair manufacturer said the new assembly center demonstrates its commitment to the American market.

Motion Composites has opened an ultralightweight wheelchair assembly facility in Plattsburgh, New York, to reinforce “the company’s long-standing commitment to its U.S. customers and end users by providing U.S.-assembled wheelchairs to the American market.” The new location “allows the company to assemble key product lines closer to its U.S. partners, simplifying logistics while maintaining the…

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Study: Rising Demand, Low AI Automation Risk Make OT, PT Among ‘Safest’ Career Choices
Clinical professions dominated the top of the career list.

Occupational therapy (OT) and physical therapy (PT) are among the fields deemed the “safest” career choices, according to a new study by Yijin Hardware, a Chinese CNC manufacturing firm. Health-care professions nabbed the top five positions in the results. Registered nurse (RN) had the highest score of all, followed by surgeon and dentist. Physical therapist…

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