The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) is looking for its first-ever consumer board member. “This newly created position represents ADED’s dedication to ensuring consumer perspectives guide our decision-making and strategic direction,” the organization said in a June 24 announcement from ADED CEO Elizabeth Soles, OTR/L, CDRS, CAE. “We’re looking for someone who has personally…
ADED Seeks First-Ever Consumer Board Member
RESNA Calls for Comments on WC19 Position Paper
Comments will be accepted until July 21 on the paper discussing wheelchairs used as seating in motor vehicles.
The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is seeking comments on a new paper: Position on WC19 Wheelchairs Designed and Tested for Use as Seats in Motor Vehicles. In the June 20 announcement, RESNA said it would accept public comments until July 21. The organization has also provided a comments template,…
Briefly: Wheel Loader Concept Vehicle Eliminates Operator Cabin; Survey for People Living with Parkinson’s Is Now Open
Featuring Fluid Power World, CASE Construction, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Accessibility Highlight: Wheel Loader Concept Eliminates Vehicle Cabin, Is Remotely Operated From our sister publication Fluid Power World: CASE Construction Equipment has shown off a new wheel loader concept called Impact, with a design that eliminates the traditional vehicle cabin. As Fluid Power World reported, “Instead of being controlled by the driver from inside the…
University of Michigan Launches Vehicle Controls Study
The study’s goal is to make motor vehicles displays and controls easier to use for all stakeholders.
The University of Michigan has launched a survey on vehicle controls and displays, “part of a larger research project to make vehicles easier to use for everyone,” according to a social media post from Kathleen D. Klinich, a research scientist at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The Vehicle Controls and Displays Usability Survey…
Briefly: Dates Set for CRT Fly-In; RESNA Calls for Members to Develop Adaptive Golf Car Standards
Featuring the National Coalition for Rehab & Assistive Technology, the International Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers, U.S. Rehab, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.
CRT Legislative Fly-In Set for September A Complex Rehab Technology (CRT)-focused legislative fly-in has been scheduled for Sept. 16-17 in Washington, D.C. The National Coalition for Rehab & Assistive Technology (NCART) announced the dates in an April 16 bulletin to stakeholders and noted that additional information on the event would be released soon. The fly-in…
Briefly: NCART Adds State Data Resources; NMEDA Welcomes 2024 Hall of Fame Inductees
Featuring the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology, U.S. Rehab, the Centers for Disease Control, and the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association.
NCART Adds State-Specific Advocacy Info to Website The National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART) has added state-specific Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) information to its website. Using information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), NCART and U.S. Rehab’s single-page state resources list the diagnoses typically requiring CRT, as well as CRT services —…