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Stimulus Package Gives Boost to State Medicaids and Special Education

According to the Washington Post, President Obama is expected to sign the economic stimulus package today. The stimulus package includes long-sought increases in funding for special education and State...

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Stand Up and Fight for the Equipment You Need

In the past few months I’ve had the great pleasure of working with children who have tried the new EasyStand Bantam Stander. Parents, teachers and therapists were thrilled with how well the child can...

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Running Over Mountains for NSCIA

This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Andy Hicks. Andy is the Eastern Sales Manager for Altimate Medical Inc. and a NSCIA Executive Committee Member and Chair. Andy is dedicated to helping...

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Riding 182 Miles to Help Fight MS

Patrick at one of the many rides he participated in. Here at Altimate Medical, we are lucky to have a great team of representatives across the country who are truly passionate about their jobs, and...

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Use School Stimulus Funds for Assistive Technology (while you still can)

School therapists, are you aware that federal stimulus funds may be available for adaptive equipment like standing frames through 2010? Your school could have the opportunity to get adaptive equipment...

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Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself

So I’m the new guy, and the latest guest post contributor to the EasyStand blog. My name is Shawn Dean and I am an attorney and disability consultant in Minneapolis, MN (by way of Wisconsin). I look...

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The Need for More Education About Disabilities for Kids

One Friday last fall I stopped by a good friend’s house to drop off a birthday gift for his daughter. She’s a budding soccer phenom so I got her a gear bag for her soccer ball and equipment, which had...

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Supporting Disability Organizations helps our Industry & Consumers

Whether you are a health care professional, durable medical equipment supplier, or person with a disability you can get more involved with your disability community by reaching out to your local active...

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An Inaccessible Taxi-ing Situation

One story about public access, or rather an extreme lack thereof, for people with disabilities that I have been following for a few years is the ongoing saga about the high level of inaccessible...

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CELA 2012 – Continuing Education and Legislative Advocacy

In previous years our emphasis during CELA visits to our members of Congress was to educate them on what is Complex Rehab Technology. Complex power wheelchairs, highly configurable manual wheelchairs,...

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Travelling Blues

A couple of weeks ago I traveled to Germany for a distributor meeting and an exhibition, and ran into some problems at the Dusseldorf airport. I have been lobbying (thanks Marty Ball) ever since to get...

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It’s Time For Craigslist Disability Search Options

I saw a fabulous petition on Change.org today bringing up an issue that’s bothered me for quite some time – Craigslist’s refusal to include any accessible or wheelchair qualifiers to any parts of their...

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Bridging the Divide Between Children of Differing Abilities

Dear Parents of Typical Developing Children, I’m writing to you even though this is similar to things I have read before. I am unsure that you would read this blog for special needs, but with the...

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Video Blog Episode 03: Directing Your Own Care

Directing your own care. Life in a wheelchair isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be. We are a few decades into the American with Disability Act (ADA) and society has adapted to the wheelchair world....

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The Misguided Notion That Life with a Disability Isn’t Worth Living

I’ve always admired the lone individual who has the courage to say something when no one else can, and that certain someone is Richard Senelick, a writer whose article yesterday in The Atlantic,...

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Stimulus Package Gives Boost to State Medicaids and Special Education

According to the Washington Post, President Obama is expected to sign the economic stimulus package today. The stimulus package includes long-sought increases in funding for special education and State...

View Article

Stand Up and Fight for the Equipment You Need

In the past few months I’ve had the great pleasure of working with children who have tried the new EasyStand Bantam Stander. Parents, teachers and therapists were thrilled with how well the child can...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
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Running Over Mountains for NSCIA

This is a guest post on the EasyStand Blog by Andy Hicks. Andy is the Eastern Sales Manager for Altimate Medical Inc. and a NSCIA Executive Committee Member and Chair. Andy is dedicated to helping...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Riding 182 Miles to Help Fight MS

Patrick at one of the many rides he participated in. Here at Altimate Medical, we are lucky to have a great team of representatives across the country who are truly passionate about their jobs, and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Use School Stimulus Funds for Assistive Technology (while you still can)

School therapists, are you aware that federal stimulus funds may be available for adaptive equipment like standing frames through 2010? Your school could have the opportunity to get adaptive equipment...

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