Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) Awareness Week — a time when stakeholders share their experiences with seating and wheeled mobility interventions — has been set for the week of Aug. 18. “We need to have everyone — consumers, manufacturers, suppliers, caregivers, clinicians and advocacy groups — participate and get the word out about CRT and the…
CRT Awareness Week Scheduled for Aug. 18
Briefly: RESNA Schedules ATP Certification Session for July 24; NIH to Limit Access Fees to Publicly Funded Research
Featuring the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America and the National Institutes of Health.
Next RESNA ATP Certification Pop-Up Scheduled for July 24 The Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is holding its next Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) certification pop-up session on Thursday, July 24, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. The free-to-attend certification pop-up events focus on ATP certification topics such as…
Canadian Seating & Mobility Conference to Add Second Event in 2026
CSMC East will take place in New Brunswick in collaboration with the Maritime Home Medical Providers Association.
The Canadian Seating & Mobility Conference (CSMC) is adding a spring seating event to its 2026 calendar. The new CSMC East is scheduled for April 29-30, 2026, in Moncton, New Brunswick. The original CSMC event is held in Toronto every September; this year’s conference is scheduled for Sept. 9-10 in 2025. “We’re thrilled to announce…
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…
Briefly: NCART Launches Instagram Account; Miller’s to Host Mobility Conference in May
Featuring the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology and Miller’s Rental and Sales.
NCART Introduces Instagram Page The National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART) now has an Instagram account. NCART Executive Director Wayne Grau introduced the organization’s Instagram page with his first post on April 4. Grau said the new account is meant to keep industry professionals and consumers of CRT informed about NCART’s work to…
RESNA Publishes LPCM Position Paper, Updates Paper on Tilt/Recline/ELRs
The new paper emphasizes postural support in the lying orientation as “a key element of 24-hour posture care management."
The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) has published two position papers. The first — “RESNA Position on Assistive Technology for Lying Posture Care Management (LPCM)” — is a new paper on the importance of postural support in the lying orientation as “a key element of 24-hour posture care management which…
Briefly: NCART Reschedules Webinar; RESNA Offers Membership Card
Featuring the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.
NCART Reschedules Joint Webinar with U.S. Rehab The National Coalition for Rehab & Assistive Technology (NCART) has rescheduled its March 6 webinar, an event to be held in collaboration with U.S. Rehab. In a March 3 bulletin, NCART said the webinar “Future-Proofing Complex Rehab Technology: Strategies for Growth and Protection in 2025” will now be…
CRT Defines Innovation: Mobility As Health Risk Mitigation
Clinician Task Force Executive Director Tamara Kittelson on how seating, positioning and wheeled mobility impact clients for a lifetime.
On Feb. 25, Mobility Management and Editor in Chief Laurie Watanabe hosted the webinar CRT Defines Innovation, with panelists Stan Arledge, ATP/SMS, at Senior Mobility Aids, a provider in California; Tamara Kittelson, ATP/SMS, an occupational therapist and executive director of the Clinician Task Force; and Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS, senior director of payer relations and…
Miller’s Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The company that began as a party supplies business has become one of the industry’s most venerable providers.
Miller’s Rentals and Sales is celebrating its diamond jubilee — 75 years of serving patients and their families in Akron, Ohio, and other communities in the state. A quick Encyclopedia Britannica search reveals how very different the world was in 1949, the year that Miller’s was founded. For context, Harry S. Truman was sworn in…
Briefly: RESNA to Host Oct. 31 ATP Certification Webinar; VGM to Announce 2025 HME Woman of the Year at Heartland
Featuring the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America and the VGM Group.
RESNA to Hold Free ATP Certification Program on Oct. 31 The Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is holding a free ATP Eligibility Pop-Up webinar for industry professionals interested in learning more about becoming Assistive Technology Professionals (ATPs). The hour-long event — starting at 12 noon Eastern on Oct. 31 —…