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	<title>Adaptive Mobility &#38; Positioning Blog by Rifton</title>
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		<title>Choosing a Summer Camp for Your Child with Special Needs</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/special-needs-summer-camp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/special-needs-summer-camp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips & Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This excerpt was taken from an article written by Douglas Lathrop in Kids on Wheels, a publication now no longer in print, but because I think the ideas are so good I want to pass them on. For your child, the foremost benefit to attending summer camp is, quite simply, having fun. Beyond the fun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dynamic Seating is Important</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/dynamic-seating-position/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delia "Dee Dee" Freney, OTR/L, ATP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rehab & Therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To understand why dynamic seating is important we first need to understand what it is. The word “dynamic” is used to describe the presence of movement, as opposed to “static”—the absence of movement. Dynamic seating provides the support needed to remain safely positioned yet have the ability to move in all planes necessary to accomplish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Tips for a Spring Trike Tune-up</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/adaptive-bicycle-tricycle-tuning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/adaptive-bicycle-tricycle-tuning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[How-To's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips & Resources]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have visited many classrooms and found that Rifton adaptive tricycles purchased years ago are still going strong. We’ve also found that the favorite Rifton tricycles often need a simple tune-up to keep them running at top form. These steps, done once a year, will guarantee a long life of use. You will need the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Medicaid Will Pay for Adaptive Tricycles</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/medicaid-reimbursement-adaptive-tricycles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/medicaid-reimbursement-adaptive-tricycles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptive Mobility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[adaptive equipment use]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As most of you undoubtedly know, for children with disabilities exercise such as cycling with a special needs tricycle can be therapeutic as well as fun. Cycling may provide a variety of health benefits unavailable through other medical interventions. For example, children with severe mobility limitations may have few, if any, other options for strengthening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Running for Scott</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/rohhad-syndrome-laremont-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/rohhad-syndrome-laremont-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erna Albertz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[User & Caregiver Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contributed by Jennifer Burke, caregiver A few years ago I was looking around for a part-time job when I heard that the parents of one of my students were looking for help for their 9-year-old son. They were offering $10 an hour. I took it. I had no idea my life would change forever. Before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Function-based Practice: The Rifton Support Station</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/special-needs-changing-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Papa Doran, OT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rehab & Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[developmental disabilities]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As an Occupational Therapist I view toileting as a functional life skill, not as an interruption to the day. The product that makes this possible is the Rifton Support Station. For each of the more than twenty students on my caseload I incorporate a toileting objective on their IEP.  And for those students using the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Brother, the Soldier</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/infant-epilepsy-duane/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/infant-epilepsy-duane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Top Pick]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[User Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a beautiful essay I think you’ll want to share with others. It was submitted to me by Maureen Swinger, written in remembrance of her younger brother Duane. I was deeply touched and I think you will be too. Duane was born healthy, but when he was three months old, he was attacked by his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Patient Handling: Evidence-based Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/safe-patient-lifting-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/safe-patient-lifting-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rehab & Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[complex rehab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disability care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/?p=3209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Safe patient handling is big. Some states have already passed legislation supporting this trend in healthcare and many hospitals and institutions are implementing “no lift” or “zero lift” programs with much success. In these instances success is described in terms of decreased staff injuries, decreased workers&#8217; compensation monies, and improved patient experience. There is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great New Video: Proper Positioning and What it Can Do for a Child</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/rett-syndrome-activity-chair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/rett-syndrome-activity-chair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[User & Caregiver Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[active sitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adaptive equipment use]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a heartwarming video sent to us by Braxton’s dad which I thought you would appreciate. Braxton has a rare form of Rett Syndrome; there are only five others cases like his. He has survived beyond the expected 14 months of age and is a much loved member of the family. He recently received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Injury Recovery: one couple’s story</title>
		<link>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/anoxic-brain-injury-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rifton.com/adaptive-mobility-blog/anoxic-brain-injury-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena Noble, MPT</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adult rehabilitation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[overground gait training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rehab gait training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehabilitation gait training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rifton Pacer gait trainer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TBI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traumatic Brain Injury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was privileged to interview David the other day. We conversed by email since his speech is affected. David and his wife Ashley are survivors: their six-week-old son Jayvas died suddenly in 2009; one year later, at a 2010 New Year’s Eve celebration, David had a choking accident resulting in an anoxic brain injury. He [...]]]></description>
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