Funding for complex rehab technology equipment in the US is in jeopardy. It’s important for lawmakers to understand just how critical this equipment is to preserve and enhance health and independence. ADA requirements may be loosened… certainly issues for everyone to be monitoring.
How to get up to speed? One website to get an overview of the issues is that of the
National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology.
It’s all about educating those for whom disability issues are a foreign language about the importance of these issues to the disability community. Ride Designs team members were among those who went to Capitol Hill in late April to advocate for complex rehab technology. Earlier this year, we hosted Colorado Senator Michael Bennet at our facility for Small Business Week. The Senator, shown here discussing wheelchair seating with veteran Andrew Kinard, seems open to learning more about both our products and the issues they are meant to resolve.
You don’t need to travel to Washington to be involved… check out these resources:
• An interesting
podcast with panelists speaking about their advocacy efforts has been posted online by United on Wheels.
• The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which focuses on spinal cord injury advocacy, urges “Lend your voice to our
initiatives and you can make a real difference for people living with paralysis, as well as their families and caregivers.”
• Your member of congress is leaving, now what? Mobility Management outlines some ideas about how to how to keep CRT discussions going amid changes in D.C
here.
• Visit “
Protect My Mobility” regularly to get the latest updates on pending legislation.
