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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSupporting 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...
View ArticleBridging 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...
View ArticleVideo 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....
View ArticleThe 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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