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shear

ATP Series

Shear

Physics, Risks, Assessment & Management of a Long-Time

While advances in technology give clinicians and providers new ways to reduce risk, shear remains a daily challenge — even for active wheelchair users. Here’s how to assess for shear and educate clients.

Rehab Consumerism

My Perspective

Rehab Consumerism: Closer than Ever to Equality for All

Consumers with disabilities are pursuing self advocacy toward their rehab technology needs like never before.

Traumatic Brain Injury & Seating

Seating & Positioning 2012 Handbook

Traumatic Brain Injury & Seating

The Challenges of Creating Mobility Solutions for Clients with Brain Injuries

Auto Access

Automotive Accessibility Special Section

2012: A Year of Milestones & Outreach

2012 will be a banner year for the adaptive automotive industry, highlighted by a new National Mobility Awareness Month campaign. Plus: Looking back at past accomplishments and forward to the industry’s future.

Automotive Accessibility Special Section

VMI Joins with PVA to Offer Operation Independence Program

Mobility In Balance

ATP Series

In Balance

When Seating & Mobility Components Are Considered

So often, wheelchair seat cushions and backs are assessed, chosen and fi tted as separate components. Are there benefi ts to considering seating and mobility components together, as part of the larger whole?

Braun Minivan

Automotive Accessibility Special Section

BraunAbility at 40: Keeping the Pioneer Spirit Alive

MM Annual Round Table

MM’s Annual Round Table

The Changes You Need to Know About for 2012

A new year is here, complete with a new competitive bidding round, new demonstration projects and changes in funding. And that’s not all. In our annual round table, industry experts discuss the consumer needs, advocacy and clinical issues on their minds, plus: Meet our new advisory board!

Automotive Accessibility

Automotive Accessibility

Crash Course

Catching Up with WC19 & WC20 Standards...Where Do We Go from Here?

True accessibility extends outside the home, which is where WC19 wheelchairs and WC20 seating systems shine.

Pediatric Complex Rehab

Kids Happen

Active kids (and their families) need seating & mobility systems that last. So we asked experts some tough questions about durability, which types of equipment are likely to need a little extra TLC, and how assessment can make a big difference.



Don Clayback

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Don Clayback: Today, We Are Better Organized

Rick Graver

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Rick Graver: Both Hands on the Wheel

Ten Years of Memories

10 Years: AT Memories

Manufacturers Remember the Decade’s Technology Advances

Manufacturers trace the evolution of assistive technology — their own and their industries’ — over the last decade and beyond.

Lauren Rosen

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Lauren Rosen: More Research Needed

Mark Leita

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Mark Leita: Altering Market Dynamics

Mark E. Smith

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Mark E. Smith: Are Funding Cuts “Landlocking” the ADA?

Amy Morgan

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Amy Morgan: Parents’ Eyes are Being Opened to the Possibilities

Rita Hostak

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Rita Hostak: Will Funding & Complex Rehab Technology Ever Work Together?

Barry Steelman

10 Years: Perspectives from the Industry

Barry Steelman: Making a Mark

Seating Benefits Podcast with Ride Designs