We are excited to announce the launch of our new Keep the Wheels Rolling Repair Fund (KWRF), sponsored by Clearinghouse CDFI and Batteries Plus. Keep the Wheels Rolling Repair Fund is designed to provide small grants of up to $300 for the purchase of parts and/or repairs needed to refurbish a wheelchair or scooter so…
by Kirk Aranada, YO! Disabled and Proud Youth Advocate It’s fall again, and it’s during this time of the year that lots of people start watching and playing team sports again. There are many, many different sports and sport activities that individuals with disabilities can participate in and oftentimes that means searching for some helpful…
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.…
by Rachel Anderson Happy Disability History Week! To celebrate this week, we will be highlighting the history of a few different AT devices. Many of you may be familiar with Ray Kurzweil’s reading and writing software, but do you know how and when it was first developed? Ray Kurzweil & the Revolutionary Reading Machine…
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…
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…
by Rachel Anderson, Marketing & Communications Manager Imagine you had an illness that prevented you from going to school for several months. Or, what if you had to miss work for weeks due to a sudden injury? Think of the amount of important information that you would miss out on being out of the office…
Here at the AT Network, we love to learn about all the new, different and constantly evolving AT that is out there. There are so many AT items that we can’t possibly keep up with every device or piece of equipment that exists. Fortunately, we are not the only ones researching AT and we can…
by Kihiroshi Luke Hsieh, AT Advocate, Community Access Center As a disabled technophile, my relationship with Amazon (and to a lesser extent, Apple) can only be described as a love-and-hate affair. That does not mean I love Apple more than Amazon. Quite the contrary, as I find that I use Amazon far more than Apple. …
by Shannon Coe, AT Network Program Coordinator As people are traveling home from their summer vacations, it is helpful to know what to expect when arriving at the airport. Travelers with disabilities that use AT devices may have additional concerns about how their devices will be screened by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). I recently…