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How To Empower Individuals Living With Disability As we shared in this recent blog post, disability comes in many forms and can be physical or developmental (intellectual). Regardless of the nature of the disability that someone lives with, at...

The Universal-Design Approach To Making Homes Accessible For All Ages & Abilities In the past, people buying an already-built home, or hiring someone to build a new home for them, didn’t give a lot of thought to how accessible the home was or would...

How To Make The Holidays Disability Inclusive The holidays can be a hard and lonely time for those living with disabilities, particularly mobility related ones.  Friends, family members, or co-workers with disability or chronic illness may wish to...

We’re using this post to create awareness of, and give a shout-out to, the local treasures we have here in the Greater Boston area, Central/Western MA, CT, and RI in the VA Boston Healthcare System, VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare...

Planning For Both Immediate And Long-Term Needs Related to Disability and Aging Whether you’re an individual living with disability, a senior who wants to age in place, or the caregiver of the aforementioned individuals, putting the proper...

Why You Should Only Employ The Services Of Experienced, Well-Established Durable Medical Equipment Providers Whether you’re a representative of a school, day program, or group home, or you’re an individual, who is looking to renovate or repair...

6 Types of Essential Durable Medical Equipment (DME) for Seniors As you age, your physical capabilities change. You don’t have the same coordination and balance that you used to. Common home areas, such as stairs and bathtubs, create challenges...

6 Services Every Group Home Should Provide for Adults with Developmental Disabilities Group homes are not just places to warehouse adults with developmental disabilities who cannot completely care for themselves or be cared for by family or loved...

5 Types of Home Medical Equipment for Aging in Place More and more seniors are choosing to remain in their homes as they age. Here are five things every senior, who plans to age in place, should have. 1. Accessible Bath and Shower Options As...

Why You Should Prepare for Aging in Place Now There is a famous fable about an ant and a grasshopper. One spends the summer months frolicking while the other prepares for the winter ahead. As a result, during the long months of winter, the ant has...

Why Disability Rights Is Everyone’s Business It will come as absolutely no surprise to any readers of this blog that we’re passionate about disability rights. Ensuring that everyone has equal access to educational, professional, and recreational...

What to Look for When Buying Wheelchair Ramps for Home Buying a wheelchair ramp for home is a significant investment for any homeowner, and there are a lot of factors to consider when making this important durable medical equipment (DME) purchase:...

What to Look for in a Community-Based Services Day Program for Disabled Adults Community-based day programs are a great way to provide your disabled loved ones with enrichment experiences, build job skills, and learn independence. What are some of...

What Are Some of the Common Developmental Disability Services Provided for Children? Most children who have common developmental disabilities have many medical needs that must be addressed, but in order to assure a decent quality of life and a...

What Are Some of the Benefits of Hippotherapy Equipment? Anything worth doing is worth doing correctly. This is especially true when it involves powerful animals and vulnerable people. Horses are amazing animals who have been working alongside...

Understanding Accessibility: A Look at Wheelchair Ramps When we talk about making Boston more accessible, what does that actually mean? Reports from both the Republican and Democratic National Convention from attendees who use wheelchairs and other...

Types of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) You Should Have in Your Group Home A good group home should ensure accessibility to all residents. This means having the proper durable medical equipment (DME) available to allow all users to live as...

Temporary Home Ramp Systems “My son was in a motorcycle accident that left him with two broken legs and a shattered pelvis,” Sean said. “Thankfully, he’s expected to recover, but we have a long road ahead of us. Until the time when he’s back on his...

Funding Sources for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) – Part 1 Getting funding is probably the biggest challenge that patients and caregivers face when dealing with a sudden traumatic injury or illness, or the need for a loved one to receive special...

Essential Durable Medical Equipment (DME) for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injuries Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) manifest differently for every individual afflicted with them. This makes it difficult to predict the path to recovery, how long...

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Every Day Program Should Have in Place A good day program should provide stimulating activities for individuals, but also provide accessibility and safety for all participants. This means having the proper durable...

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) for Aging in Place Home Modifications Many seniors wish to remain in their homes for as long as they are able despite the effects of age and illness on ability. Seniors are often hesitant to move into long-term...

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Checklist for Caregivers of Disabled Individuals As a caregiver for the disabled, you will often discover that assessing the safety and quality of programs or residences for disabled individuals is, at times,...

Connecticut Open Features Wheelchair Tennis NBC CT recently aired a great story about adaptive tennis. Wheelchair tennis is an exciting, competitive sport; the only modification to the rules is that players are allowed a second bounce, should they...

Before We Can Have Universal Access, We Need Universal Understanding A young teacher I know was shocked when she read her end-of-the-year evaluations. A group of students she’d thought disliked her class intensely – they never, ever looked her in...

As Winter Approaches: What’s the Best Handicap Ramp for Massachusetts Nobody wants to think about winter yet, but we can’t deny that the snow, cold, and sleet is on its way. Last year, winter in Massachusetts was astonishingly difficult, with...

After The Accident: Finding The Adaptive Technology You Need “Nobody expects to be in a car accident,” Rena said. “If you expected it, you could avoid it. But life doesn’t work that way.” An encounter with an out-of-control delivery van left Rena...