Life Services
Offering an answer to that agonizing question: “Who will look after our child when we are gone?” Parents of a child with disabilities are usually their child’s primary advocates. At each stage...
Archive for the "Advocacy & Funding" Category
New PBS Documentary: Lives Worth Living
I just watched the PBS independent video Lives Worth Living by filmmaker Eric Neudel. If you have not seen it you should. Comparable to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the disability rights movement...
Making the Case for Complex Rehab Equipment (Not just durable medical equipment)
A new publication called Complex, written and superbly photographed by Mark Sullivan, a VP at Invacare, has been issued by NRRTS and it’s well worth the read. It tells the story of several remarkable...
Medicaid Reimbursement: Making the Case for a Gait Trainer
Imagine that as a therapist, you determine a client needs a gait trainer. Say it’s a child with cerebral palsy, who is young and not yet a walker, but shows the potential to become one. You know that...
Funding Pediatric Adaptive Equipment and the Role of Developmental Planning
Obtaining funding for pediatric adaptive equipment can be challenging. But how you document a child’s needs, can significantly improve your chances of success. Using a developmental planning approach...
A Bike Ride Fundraiser for Rifton Adaptive Tricycles
Contributed by Coretta Thomson, Rifton Account Manager In customer service, you never know what you’ll encounter when you pick up the phone. So when I took a call from Geraldine Rose in Canada last...
Funding for Disabilities: Adaptive Mobility Equipment for Young Children
Assistive Technology Funding Sources: A Helping Hand Acquiring funding for assistive technology and equipment necessary to the future of a child with disabilities can be a complicated and discouraging...