KD Smart Chair recently released an infographic that visualizes the latest numbers, facts and figures on the history of wheelchairs, top wheelchair accessible countries to travel to, industry market outlook, employed wheelchairs users and much more.
Dyslexia: A New Perspective
A NEW PERSPECTIVE BY KARIN MERKLE Pass along this information to teachers and parents who may be stuck in the myths of dyslexia. Whether a student ends up getting lessons or not, the word and information you share may just save our world’s next great inventor, engineer, or scientist! I have great news to share…
The Power Of Therapeutic Music Through The Eyes Of Compositional Legends
BY MARTHA SUMMA-CHADWICK & STEVE WEISER A spectacular series of concert performances, lectures, and workshops to advocate for a very special musical cause is scheduled in the beautiful city of Erie, Pennsylvania, during the week of April 13 to 17. The Erie Chamber Orchestra (ECO) has designed a distinctive week long festival to promote the idea of music for therapeutic as…
“Just Ask Me” – A Disability Awareness / Accessibility Compliance Project
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Department Of Defense Summer Camp Experiences
During the school year, it’s easy to fill your children’s schedules with activities but the summer can be more challenging. If your children are looking for something exciting to do, the Department of Defense is here to help. Each year, the DoD provides summer camp opportunities for your children, giving them a chance to have fun, meet new people and develop skills that will benefit…
Making Goals Meaningful & Manageable
BY TOM KEATING Goal Guide allows parents to share in this process and it allows teachers to manage multiple students’ goal portfolios We’re all familiar with goals. Goals enable us to live the lives we want to live. We either have, or we’re told we should have, goals for business, for financial planning, for healthier…
Cooking up a winner
BY JASON BARON, M.S., Ed. Last semester, VIP’s Social Action group decided that they were going to run a food drive along with preparing a meal for families who stay for extended periods of time at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. At the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), nestled in Central Islip,…
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
BY SHELLEY HUHTANEN Let’s start asking the hard questions and make the CDC and the news media bring everyone together, as opposed to creating witch hunts and dividing our parents. Vaccines. Yes, I said that controversial word – the word that can send thousands of parents running to their Facebook pages, screaming to the masses about why their view is the…
Genome Sequencing:Hopes And Challenges Of A New Technology
GENETIC ALLIANCE – BY REBECCA DOWNEY & SHARON ROMELCZYK Nearly every newborn baby born in the United States receives screening for certain treatable genetic conditions between 24 to 48 hours after birth. This routine process of newborn screening is a state run public health program that reaches nearly four million babies in the US each…
Accomodating Two Wheelchair Users At Once
ACCOMMODATING TWO WHEELCHAIR USERS AT ONCE: MOBILITY VENTURES’ MV-1 The Mobility Venture’s MV-1 is in a class of its own as being recognized as the only American made, purpose built accessible vehicle that has the ability to accommodate two wheelchair users and has passed rigorous highway crash test standards to successfully demonstrate safe occupant protection. “For government fleets,…