NMEDA members can provide you with several options for wheelchair restraints and adaptive seating for your wheelchair accessible car. There are many wheelchair restraint solutions available to have a safe
NMEDA and ADED to Hold Co-Located Conference in 2021
The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED) and the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association (NMEDA) are proud to announce that an agreement has been reached to co-locate our conferences beginning
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Lift chairs are generally known in various names but they all refer to the same device. Although it is often referred to as lift aged chairs, people of all ages
Plastic Bottles Turned Into Cheap Prosthetics
Engineers at De Montfort University have found an ingenious and inexpensive way of creating prosthetics. These engineers ground regular plastic bottles down and created polyester yarns from them. They then
HOW TO HOIST TRANSFER IN AND OUT OF A SEATING MATTERS CHAIR
My name is Aideen Gallagher and I am a specialist in the moving and handling of people with disabilities. I have developed HoistEd, which teaches health professionals how to eliminate manual
Dynamic Seating for People with Cerebral Palsy
Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ABDA, ATP/SMS Dynamic Seating is movement which occurs within the seat and/or wheelchair frame in response to force from the client. Dynamic components absorb force which
If You Receive Medicaid or SSI, You May Qualify for Low-Cost Internet
Comcast, the nation’s largest broadband internet service provider, is aiming to get more disabled Americans online with an expansion of its low-cost Internet Essentials program. The service offers 15mbps internet
Ten interesting things you may not know about wheelchair basketball
The worldwide popularity of adaptive sports is on the up and we are certainly seeing the positive consequences of major sporting events, such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games,
5 Brilliant Wheelchair Accessories
Check out these clever and cool wheelchair accessories, they will make life easier and allow you to customize your wheelchair. This is a useful accessory for everyday activities. The canopy
See Sound Makes Sounds Accessible To Deaf People
Whether we are at home or work, we don’t really pay attention to the many sounds that surround us, and that we depend on to take action. Think of the