AT for Your TUSH!

Whether you call it your butt, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buttocks, cheeks, derrière, fanny, gluteus maximus, haunches, heinie, hindquarters, keister, posterior, rear, ass, rump, seat, or tush… one thing is for sure—you gotta keep it clean! There are many reasons why a person may have difficulty in Installed Toto Washlet keeping their tush clean independently.…

New Partnership to Move People with Disabilities into the Digital Age

California Emerging Technology Fund invests $260,000 in California Foundation for Independent Living Centers to provide discount home Internet, Digital Literacy training and low-cost computers San Francisco and Sacramento– October 15, 2013 – The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and California Foundation for Independent Living Centers (CFILC) today are launching a new statewide partnership to connect…

History of the Wheelchair

by Rachel Anderson Happy Disability History Week! To celebrate this week, we will be highlighting the history of a few different AT devices. No one knows exactly when the first wheelchair was invented, however its origins date back to ancient times. The earliest records of a wheeled transportation device were found in a stone carving…

History of Hearing Aids

by Rachel Anderson Happy Disability History Week! To celebrate this week, we will be highlighting the history of a few different AT devices.  Did you know hearing aids have been around for centuries? Hearing Aid “Trumpet” The earliest known hearing devices date back to the 17th and 18th centuries. They were horn-shaped and made from…

Disability History Week

by Kirk Aranda, Youth Advocate for YO! Disabled & Proud It’s that time of the year everyone!  It is officially the start of Disability History Week 2013. For this entire week, YO! members from all across the state will be going into different schools to educate students and teachers about disability history.  Lesson plans include…

Superfest Disability Film Festival Presents “The Dissies”

What are you doing Saturday evening, October 12, 2013?   If you are near San Fransisco, why not check out “The Dissies“? Superfest, the longest running disability film festival, is back!  This year’s Superfest event is brought to you by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Fransisco State University and the San Fransisco…

AT Home in the Kitchen

By Bobbette Cantrell Bobbette using cookie sheets to pull items out of her fridge My kitchen is not like most.   Because I have had Rheumatoid Arthritis for over 30 years, I use every day tools and supplies to make my life much easier. As a person who has always been independent, I decided that…