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View Post: Assistive Devices for seniors - part 2
7 Nov 2009 by Jenn Jilks  
The Ontario government provides assistance in renting or purchasing assistive devices for those without the finances to purchase special equipment Assistive Devices Program (ADP). There are agencies which provide money for things such ...
View Blog: Ontario Health Care - for those over 50 - http://ontarioseniors.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Mayben Assistive Devices
4 Nov 2009 by Curtis Edmonds  
Mayben Assistive Devices 4210 Franciscan Way Angels Camp, CA 95222 Phone: (209) 736-9200 Fax: (209) 736-9210 Email: desktopdesk@desktopdesk.com Web site: desktopdesk.com County: Out of State Type of Supplier: Business ...
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View Post: Why Some Seniors Won't Use Assistive Devices? « Nowhere Like Home
23 Oct 2009 by nowherelikehome  
Assistive devices—canes, walkers, reachers, bath benches, and so on—are usually prescribed for a reason, yet approximately 30 per cent of these devices are completely abandoned and not used by the person who “needs” the device. ...
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View Post: FWD/Forward » On ambient intimacy and assistive devices
12 Oct 2009 by lauredhel  
I think there might be an analogy to be drawn here with physical assistive devices. People who use wheelchairs, for example, use wheelchairs. They get around in them. Wheelchairs are useful, value-neutral objects. ...
View Blog: FWD/Forward - http://disabledfeminists.com/

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View Post: Longtime volunteers inducted into Canadian Disability Hall of Fame ...
6 Nov 2009
The couple began collecting unwanted assistive devices a number of years ago after they traveled to northern Ontario on a trip and discovered impoverished people living in rural areas had no access to assistive devices. ...
View Blog: Welland Tribune - http://www.wellandtribune.ca/

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View Post: Grants for Assistive Technology
6 Nov 2009 by artguydk  
DCRF grant applications may be used for modest awards for assistive devices, rehabilitative services, arts and humanities projects, or for efforts to bolster compliance with existing laws for the benefit of children with disabilities. ...
View Blog: Disaboom artguydk Blog - http://www.disaboomlive.com/Blogs/

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View Post: Your Therapy Source - www.YourTherapySource.com: Homemade ...
7 Oct 2009 by Your Therapy Source Inc  
Workshop Solutions is jammed packed with information about homemade assistive devices for people with disabilities which I heard about from Barbara Boucher website Therextras. There is a full list of mobility and communication devices ...
View Blog: Your Therapy Source - www.YourTherapySource.com - http://yourtherapysource.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Children's Communication Campaign $10000 Short of Goal
3 Nov 2009 by art  
To be prescribed an assistive device that fits the child's need, the child must be assessed and prescribed that device at an accredited AAC Clinic. The nearest is Thames Valley Children's Centre in London. However, the waiting list to ...
View Blog: Children's Treatment Centre Foundation - http://childrenstreatmentfoundation-ck.com/

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View Post: How to empower disabled members of the Armed Services to thank ...
7 Nov 2009 by Cynthia Yockey  
For the members of our Armed Forces who have been injured permanently and need assistive devices that the VA and health insurance do not provide, Project Valour IT is raising money to do the following: Project Valour-IT helps provide ...
View Blog: Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian - http://www.aconservativelesbian.com/

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