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…
Briefly: Survey Seeks Input on Rear Anti-Tips; Bryan Anderson Honored with Statue
Take Mobility Management’s Survey on Pediatric Seating, Wheeled Mobility
The survey is open to clinicians, ATPs, and other seating and wheeled mobility professionals and service providers.
Mobility Management is seeking Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) professionals to participate in a new survey on pediatric seating and wheeled mobility. Seating clinicians, Assistive Technology Professionals, rehab technology suppliers, rehabilitation engineers, seating and wheeled mobility professionals working for manufacturers or service providers, industry/association advocates, funding/policy specialists, and seating and wheeled mobility technicians are eligible to…
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…
Survey: SMA Patients Willing to Tolerate Significant Risks for Potential Treatment Benefits
The report from Cure SMA demonstrates that some needs of spinal muscular atrophy patients and caregivers are still unmet.
The results of a new Cure SMA study showed that people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and their caregivers are willing to tolerate a range of risks while seeking potential treatment benefits. The advocacy association released its research report on March 6. “In the 2022 Cure SMA Risk/Benefit Survey, we asked individuals with SMA and…
iNRRTS Launches CRT Service Technician Survey
The rehabilitation technology supplier organization is seeking input regarding service tech challenges.
The International Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (iNRRTS) has launched a Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) industry technician survey “to gather feedback about the quality and quantity of CRT service technicians.” The survey is aimed at “CRT suppliers,” defined as “the person who provides highly specialized seating and mobility equipment and services tailored for individuals with…
AAHomecare Survey Reports HME Access Under Serious Threat
Home medical equipment suppliers described curtailing the services and products they provide following January’s funding cuts.
The results of an American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) survey starkly shows the “devastating impacts” Medicare funding cuts have had on home medical equipment (HME) suppliers. In an Aug. 6 press release, AAHomecare noted “the profound impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts for home medical equipment suppliers that took effect on Jan. 1, 2024. “The survey,…
Cure SMA Annual Community Update Survey Now Open
The organization is seeking input from adults with spinal muscular atrophy.
Cure SMA — the advocacy, research and support organization for people living with spinal muscular atrophy — is calling for participants for its annual Community Update Survey. In an April 4 announcement, the organization said, “For the past seven years, the Cure SMA Community Update Survey has collected data and information on the SMA community’s…
Survey: People with ALS Report “Acceptable” Quality of Life
Respondents reported on their priorities and worries.
A new survey of people living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in nine European countries asked about their priorities and how ALS has changed their lives. The study — “IMPACT-ALS: Summary of results from a European survey of people living with ALS” — was published in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration in September. In…