For individuals with mobility impairments, a ramp may become a necessity for getting in and out of one’s home. Amramp is a company offering many products to make homes more accessible, including Amramp, which is “North America’s Leading Wheelchair Ramp.” It is a modular ramp providing a variety of benefits other ramps don’t. One of […]
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Home Sweet Accessible Home
Writer: Tiffany Whisner, Coles Marketing “People want to stay in their homes as long as they can. If you have the resources to plan for that and can consciously build a home and make accessible features part of the design, that is definitely becoming more of a trend.” And that accessibility in a home can […]
STAXI: World’s Leading Nestable Transport Chair
Looking for a nestable transport chair? STAXI is now “established globally as the leading wheelchair alternative and is the best selling nestable transport chair worldwide.” The STAXI chairs are developed specifically for busy facilities (e.g. hospitals, airports, amusement parks, etc.) to provide temporary transportation for individuals who cannot walk long distances. Andy Hart founded the […]
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The Driving Force to Overcome
Writer: Tiffany Whisner, Coles Marketing Getting behind the wheel of a car is a big deal. Now you have control of a machine that weighs a few thousand pounds. And now you have to navigate that vehicle in and out of traffic, dealing with weather hazards and all the temperaments of other drivers on the […]
Accessible Gardens
A while back, I wrote a post featuring 8 gardening tools designed to simplify gardening for individuals of all abilities. Now that the weather is so bright and warm, I just felt the need to explore the world of accessible gardening again! Unlike my previous post which solely discussed tools to simplify gardening, this post will go […]
Ramp Up Indiana
The Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA) has recently announced the launch of a new program to provide assistive mobility devices to Indiana homeowners. The program, Ramp Up Indiana, will provide “up to $25,000 each to eligible nonprofit organizations in Indiana as part of a non-competitive rolling funding round beginning May 1, 2016. Through […]