World Down Syndrome Day
March 21st 2012 was the first celebration of World Down Syndrome Day. Only recently marked on the calendar by the General Assembly of the United Nations, this day is designated for raising public awareness...
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Rifton TRAM Aids Post-Stroke Rehabilitation: A Testimonial
Contributed By Mark Horning and Rachel LeBlanc Our Dad, Grandpa Jim, suffered a stroke at age 85 and lost most of the use and control of his left side, especially his left arm and leg. We...
Kandi- An Inspiration to Rifton
Kandi Elmore likes her independence. And a good challenge. At the age of 43, Kandi has a long history of creating change. Diagnosed as having cerebral palsy with spastic quadriplegia before the age...
Cheerleaders and Football Players Shine
Attending high school in the mid ‘90s, I noticed that students with obvious physical and mental disabilities—while integrated into our classrooms—were politely but firmly shut out of school social...
Merry Christmas from Rifton
Ben and Magda Barth, longtime Rifton workers, received a baby in August. This Christmas we bring you her story. Magda writes: As a shooting star blazes through a night sky, so Emily entered our world:...
Blog Picks from the Mommy Blogs
Providing quality products to those who need them seems to get more and more complex: codes, coverage, LOMNs, and prescriptions are only some of the details that consume so much of our time. So it is a...
Now that’s NEAT!
Beyond Used Disability Equipment Having lived in England for six of the past 10 years, I became familiar with Children’s Centers, “one-stop shops” for young children and their families offering...
Multiple Sclerosis Caregiver
For those concerned with multiple sclerosis, particularly with caregiver issues, Donna Steigleder has written some beautiful articles on her MS Caregiver blog about caring for her husband Lynn who has...
A Surgeon’s Ministry to People with Disabilities
Occasionally you stumble across a gem in the mainstream press that makes you stop, think, and turn back and read a second time. Last week I read such an article in the New York Times, a profile of an orthopedic...
Kamran’s Bike
For a child with disabilities, joining his peers in daily activities is huge. And though sometimes we lose sight of this, we can count on people like Kamran Lloyd to remind us. Take a moment to watch this...