In the summer of 2016, Mike Vaughan’s life changed forever. A semi-truck crushed his small Volkswagen Golf, and he sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) — one of the leading causes of death and disability across the globe. Vaughan’s long recovery in the hospital and at home left him feeling increasingly isolated and confined. A […]
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Consumer Highlight: Berlon Frasier
I traveled to Shelbyville, Indiana to meet with Berlon Frasier to learn about his experience in borrowing assistive technology from The INDATA Project at Easterseals Crossroads’ Equipment Lending Library, which is an assistive technology loan program where people in the state of Indiana can borrow assistive technology equipment for free 30 days. When I arrived, […]
Consumer Highlight: Krystyl Dumas
I visited the Ivy Tech Student Life Center in Fort Wayne, IN to meet with Krystyl Dumas. Krystyl has been working with Jim Rinehart, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads to obtain assistive technology that will assist her in maintaining her position as a teacher at Ivy Tech. I met with Krystyl in her office […]
Consumer Highlight: Jesse
I arrived in a very small town in northern Indiana to meet with Jesse. I met with Jesse to learn about the services he received through Easterseals Crossroads and to learn how assistive technology is helping him maintain his current job. I met Jesse at a local deli. When I arrived, Jesse told me they […]
Consumer Highlight: Linda Bell
I went to Elkart, Indiana to visit Linda to learn about the assistive technology she is using after she worked with Jim Rinehart, Assistive Technology Specialist at Easterseals Crossroads to obtain technology that would help her work and live independently. I learned that she was born in Iowa into a large family where there were […]
Consumer Highlight: Dave Brodzinski
Dave was born in Michigan and has lived in northern Indiana area all of his adult life. He was born 2 1/2 months premature. Due to him being premature, he was kept in an incubator. While in the incubator Dave suffered from retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), which is a disease of the eye affecting prematurely […]