The news stories are too common, with too common a thread: A student in a wheelchair is left behind during an active shooter drill because taking that child down stairs is too big a hassle. Or an adult wheelchair rider is left in an office stairwell as coworkers evacuate because that fire alarm is probably…
Reviewing RESNA’s Evacuation Standard: Performance Requirements, Installations, Inspections … and Why They Matter
Briefly: RESNA Schedules Member Night During RehabWeek; BBB Issues DME Telemarketing Fraud Warning
Featuring the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America and the Better Business Bureau.
RESNA Member Night Scheduled for May 13 at RehabWeek The member event for the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) will be held at Pinstripes Chicago — a bistro, bowling and bocce venue — on Tuesday, May 13, starting at 6 p.m. “RESNA members and RehabWeek attendees will have the chance…
RESNA Seeking Comments on Standard for Evacuation Devices
This standard covers mobility devices specifically used during building evacuations.
The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America’s (RESNA) standards committee on emergency stair travel devices (ESTD) has released a final draft standard for evacuation devices. The RESNA ED-1 Standard for Evacuation Devices — Volume 1: Emergency Stair Travel Devices Used by Individuals with Disabilities will be open for public comment starting on…
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…
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…
Jean L. Minkel to Deliver 2025 Colin McLaurin Distinguished Lecture in May
The lecture on mobility equity will be presented as part of RESNA’s conference at RehabWeek.
This year’s Colin McLaurin Distinguished Lecture, presented by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA), will be delivered by industry legend Jean L. Minkel, PT, ATP, as part of RehabWeek in May. Minkel, senior vice president of rehab and mobility services for Independence Care System in New York City, will be…
PTs to Present Adaptive Cycling Position Paper at RESNA Webinar
March 11 webinar is free to attend.
The benefits of adaptive cycling will be the focus of a Tuesday, March 11, webinar presented by the Physical Therapists Community of Practice and hosted by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). The webinar’s speakers will present a draft position paper on adaptive cycling, and attendees will be able to…
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…
RESNA Calls for Submissions to Developers’ Showcase, Student Design Challenge
Submissions may be chosen for display at the RESNA conference in Chicago in May.
In preparation for its May conference, the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is calling for submissions for its Developers’ Showcase and Student Design Challenge. The Developers’ Showcase “features new products, products under development, and products that are currently being enhanced or redesigned,” RESNA said in its call. “All types of…
Commentary: 4 Takeaways from RESNA’s Lying Posture Care Management Position Paper
Optimal positioning when lying down can impact CRT clients’ waking hours, as well.
When getting into bed requires little or no effort, it’s easy to take lying down comfortably for granted. But last week, a new position paper from the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) addressed bed as a place of pain and discomfort for too many clients with positioning challenges. The paper…