Atlanta 20 13 Serving the Community Since1979
Show Directory & Buyers Guide
www.AbilitiesExpo.com ForFor 40 years,years, BraunAbilityBrauunAbility wheelchair vansvanss and wheelchair liftslifts hahaveve helpedp thousands of wheelchawheelchairair users lead full and acactivetive livlives.es. OOurur local mobilitmobilityy eexpertsxperts stand rreadyeady ttoo assist yyouou and gegetet yyouou back on the rroad.oad. OOurur wheelchair accessibleaccessible vvehiclesehiclees arare:e: Chrylser, Dodge, Honda & Toyotay
EngineeredEngineeredd ttoo the highest standarstandardsdds AAccessibleccessible MMinivMinivansvaans Crash-testedCrash-testeed ttoo gogovernmentvernment safsafetyety standarstandardsds ServicedServiced bbyy ooverver 200 dealer localocationstions nanationwidetionwide BBackedacked bbyy a 24-hour rroadsideoadside emeremergencyrgency hotline AAvAvailablevailableil bl oonn allll popularl minivminivani i an momodelsodelsd l
LifLifee is out thertheree wwaitingaiting fforor yyouou . . . itit’s’’ss timtimee ttoo get momoving.ving. VVisitisit our websitewebsite ttoo nd yyourour nearnearestest dealdealerler ttoday!oday! or callcall 1-800-THE-LIFT1-800--THE-LIFTTHE-LIFT
VisitVisit thet BraunAbilityBrraunAaunAbilittyy bboothoothh atat the AbilitiesAbilities ExpExpoo ttoo trtryryy out our vvansvaans in pperson!erson! TABLE OF CONTENTS
Floor Plan ...... 4 ...... Show Directory General Information 5 and Buyers Guide Schedule-At-A-Glance ...... 6-7
SHOW MANAGEMENT: Events and Educational Workshops Chairman Lew Shomer Free Events President/CEO Friday, Saturday and Sunday ...... 8-10 David Korse Free Workshops Operations Caryn Cohan-Bates, CEM Friday ...... 12-13 Exhibit Sales Roxanne Borrmann Saturday ...... 13-14 Julienne Dallara Valerie Teague Exhibitor Information Education/Special Events Sarah Galbraith Laucks, CMP Exhibitor Listings ...... 18 Public Relations/Web Site Kevaleen Lara Advertisers Accessibility Help Desk Sandy Petersen Able to Travel, a program of United Spinal Association ...... 23 Calendar of Events: Braun Ability ...... 2 Los Angeles - (Los Angeles, California) March 15-17, 2013 Comfort Company (The) ...... 11 New York Metro (Edison, New Jersey) May 3-5, 2013 Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 21 Chicago (Schaumburg, Illinois) June 28-30, 2013 New Mobility Magazine ...... 23
Houston (Houston, Texas) August 2-4, 2013 NSCIA / United Spinal Association ...... 31
Boston - (Boston, Massachusetts) Permobil ...... Back cover September 20-22, 2013 Abilities Expo Singapore Pride Mobility Corp ...... 39 November 8-10, 2013
San Jose - (San Jose, California) SleepSafe Beds, LLC ...... 31 November 22-24, 2013 UsersFirst, a program of United Spinal Association ...... 35 Abilities Expo 2601 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 200 Santa Monica, CA 90405 Office: 310 450 8831 x3 • Fax: 310 450 9305 www.abilitiesexpo.com 3 Atlant a- February 8-10, 2013 Georgia World Congress Center Hall C4
ENTRANCE
4 Serving the Community Since1979 SHOW FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY GENERAL HOURS February 8 - 11am – 5pm February 9 - 11am – 5pm February 10 - 11 am – 4pm INFORMATION
–––––– ACCESSIBILITY HELP DESK –––––– FOOD SERVICE The food service and seating area is at the back of the hall behind the Events REGISTRATION LOBBY OUTSIDE OF EXHIBIT HALL, PROVIDED Arena and will be open show days until one hour prior to show close. COMPLIMENTARY BY ABILITIES EXPO For your convenience, our Accessibility Help Desk is where any show-related LOCATION questions may be answered. Additionally, the following services are A floor plan of the Exhibit Hall is on Page 4. available. –––––– PAVILIONS ON THE EXHIBIT FLOOR –––––– • ACCESSIBILITY HELP DESK - INFORMATION/ LOST AND FOUND • AT PAVILION For your convenience, our Accessibility Help Desk is in the Lobby in front of The Assistive Technology Pavilion will feature the latest AT products for people the Exhibit Hall where any show-related questions may be answered. Any of all ages with wide ranges of physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities. lost items turned in to Show Management will be held here until the close of The area will be anchored by Touch the Future, Booth 221. the show. All remaining items will be given to Building Security. • ARTIST MARKET • PERSONAL CARE SERVICE ATTENDANT- Accessibility Help Desk, The Artist Market, coordinated by VSA Arts, Booth 132, features original provided by Abilities Expo creations from artists with disabilities. Purchase an extraordinary gift from this For your convenience, there will be a Personal Care Service Attendant to eclectic mix of one-of-a-kind artwork. assist guests during show hours for their personal needs (rest room assistance, filling out forms, etc.) Should you require assistance for show • RETAIL PAVILION related activities, please stop by this desk in the Lobby area. This is a The Retail Pavilion, along aisle 100, highlights hundreds of apparel items, complimentary service, offered on a first come, first served basis, show personal hygiene products, wheelchair accoutrements, bathroom days and hours. accessories, low-cost daily living aids for people with disabilities and much, much more. You’ll find universal clothing, healing formulas, accessible • AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER- Accessibility Help Desk, ballooning, and product solutions for a more comfortable and independent provided complimentary by Abilities Expo living, accessories for infants and other ingenious products that range from There will be a sign language interpreter who will be located at the a few dollars up to $250. Accessibility Help Desk in the Lobby in front of the Exhibit Hall. You may sign up for this complimentary service, offered on a first come, first served • WHEELCHAIR REPAIR PAVILION – provided complimentary by D’s Locks basis, show days and hours at the Accessibility Help Desk.. Free maintenance will be provided on a first come first served basis. Booths ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 623/625. This service will end one hour before EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS/EXHIBIT HALL the show ends each day. • See pages 8 -13 for information regarding the events and workshops that ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– will educate, entertain and enlighten you! • Workshops at Atlanta Abilities Expo will be captioned using real-time POWER WHEELCHAIR CHARGING STATION captioning. New this year! Provided complimentary by Abilities Expo, you may charge • All events and workshops are located in the exhibit hall. your power wheelchair or scooter by going to the area directly above • Opinions stated at the workshops/events are those of the speakers and not Workshop 1. This is a first come, first served self service area. Just plug necessarily those of Abilities Expo. All workshops and events are subject into an available outlet. If all outlets are in use, we ask your cooperation in to change or cancellation without prior notice. waiting until one becomes available. EVENT INFORMATION & REGULATIONS: LOANER SCOOTERS, Exhibit Hall Lobby, provided by Pride Mobility Products Corp. • Smoking is not allowed anywhere in the facility. Pride Mobility Products Corp. will be offering loaner scooters for visitors to • Photography or videotaping in the exhibit hall is prohibited unless Abilities Expo. Please go to the Loaner Scooters table when you enter the authorized by Show Management in writing. Please go to the Accessibility Convention Center, Hall C4 Lobby and be prepared Help Desk in the Lobby in front of the Exhibit Hall if authorization is to provide appropriate identification to obtain your required. Permission from each booth exhibitor is required prior to taking scooter. This is a complimentary service, offered on a booth photographs or videotaping. • Solicitations to exhibitors or expo attendees are not permitted by first come, first served basis, show days and hours. individuals who are not contracted exhibitors with Abilities Expo including visiting manufacturers. SERVICE DOG RELIEF AREA For your convenience and comfort of your animal, there will be a Service • Show Management is not responsible for loss or theft of personal belongs. Security for each individual’s belongings is the individual’s responsibility. Dog Relief Area located at the back of Aisle 100, outside the exhibit hall. • There is no paging system available. Water, a water bowl, plastic bags and a trash bin are also provided for your convenience and there’s even a red fire hydrant!! We appreciate you PURCHASES picking up after your animal. Please, do not exit the front of the Convention Please obtain a receipt for any purchases made on the premises of Abilities Center as there are no provisions there. Expo. These should be shown to the guard as you depart the Exhibit Hall. If you do not have a receipt, you will be asked to return to the booth where the DISCLAIMER: PLEASE NOTE: Every effort has been made to ensure the item was purchased to get one. accuracy of this Show Directory. However, Show Management cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions FIRST AID The first aid office will be staffed during show days and hours. It is located prior to entering the exhibit hall. In an emergency, please dial (404) 223- 4911or ext. 4911 from any house phones.
www.abilitiesexpo.com 5 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
All Workshops and Events take place inside the Exhibit Hall. See Floor plan on Page 4 for Locations. * Schedule subject to change without notice. Abilities Expo is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speakers. WORKSHOP # 1 WORKSHOP # 2 11:00 am 11:00 am 11:45 am 3 11:45 am
1 How to Select the Right Accessible Vehicle for You Social Security Disability Denied: How to Build a Strong Claim 0 12:45 pm 12:45 pm 2
, 8
1:00 pm 1:00 pm y
r Planning Accessible Travel Practical Strategies for Funding Assistive Technology
a 2:00 pm 2:00 pm u r
b 2:30 pm 2:30 pm e
F Push for More! Getting the Wheelchair that Works for You Managing Your Money
• 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
y
a 3:45 pm 3:45 pm
d Ten Things People with Disabilities Should Know
i Disabled and Dating! Relationships, Intimacy and More! r 4:45 pm and Do To Be Safe In a Disaster 4:45 pm F 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
WORKSHOP # 1 WORKSHOP # 2 11:00 am 11:00 am 3
1 11:45 am 11:45 am 0 Young, Hip and Disabled: College, Work and More Fun, Free (or Cheap) iPad Applications for Kids 2
, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm 9
y 1:00 pm 1:00 pm r Travel the World! Intensive Pediatric PT— a
u Tips for People with Disabilities or Who Are Aging The Benefits for Your Child’s Body, Mind & Spirit
r 2:00 pm 2:00 pm b
e 2:30 pm 2:30 pm F
Screening of "Not Home" A Documentary About
• Pediatric Power Mobility: Functional Solutions for Kids Kids Living In Nursing Facilities
y 3:30 pm 3:30 pm a
d 3:45 pm 3:45 pm r Thriving, Not Just Surviving, as the Parent
u Sitting Pretty: Understanding Your Child’s Seating Needs t 4:45 pm of a Special Needs Child 4:45 pm a S 5:00 pm 5:00 pm
Adaptive Climbing Wall Presented by HDIS, Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies Co, Inc All Day, Every Day - Booth #631
Adaptive Rowing All Day, Every Day - Booth #235
Face Painting Presented by Mystical Parties Saturday and Sunday - 12:00pm – 3:00pm Next to the Events Arena
6 Serving the Community Since1979 SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
All Workshops and Events take place inside the Exhibit Hall. See Floor plan on Page 4 for Locations. * Schedule subject to change without notice. Abilities Expo is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speakers. EVENTS ARENA 11:00 am 12:00 pm 3 Wheelchair Basketball 1 12:45 pm 0 2
, 1:00 pm 8
Boccia y 1:30 pm r a
u 2:00 pm r Team Hotwheelz – Dance Demo and Workshop b 2:30 pm e F 3:00 pm • Service Dog Demonstration y 3:30 pm a d i r F
5:00 pm EVENTS ARENA 11:00 am
3 12:00 pm
1 Beep Kickball 0 12:45 pm 2
, 1:00 pm Face 9
Service Dog Demonstration y 1:30 pm Painting r
a Next to 2:00 pm u Events r Team Hotwheelz – Dance Demo and Workshop b 2:30 pm Arena e F
2:45 pm •
y 3:00 pm Power Soccer Demo a 3:30 pm d r u t a S 5:00 pm
EVENTS ARENA 11:00 am
3 12:00 pm 1 Goal Ball Demonstration 0 12:45 pm 2
,
0 1:00 pm Face
1 Team Hotwheelz – Dance Demo and Workshop Painting
y 1:30 pm r Next to a 1:45 pm Events u r Arena "Beautiful" Campaign Performance
b 2:15 pm e
F 2:45 pm
• 3:00 pm y a d n u S 4:00 pm
www.abilitiesexpo.com 7 EVENTS & ACTIVITIES See Floor Plan (Page 4) Events and Activities Make the Total Abilities Experience! for Events location Abilities Expo showcases many events to entertain you and give you the opportunity to try new activities, expand your interests and discover ways to be more involved in the local Atlanta area. Most events take place in the Events Arena. In cases where the event location is not the Arena, the booth number is noted with the event description. • Try a variety of adaptive sports For your convenience, we have indicated the age • Transform your face at the face painters groups that may be interested in these events. • Learn how to work with assistance dogs • Break out your dancing wheels Kids Adults Seniors • Discover how horses are helping people K A S * Please note dates and times of events are subject to change without notice. Abilities Expo is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speakers.
All Day, Every Day Friday, February 8, 2013 Adaptive Climbing Wall – Booth #631 K A S 12:00pm – 12:45pm Wheelchair Basketball Presented by HDIS, Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies Co, Inc. BlazeSports K A Adaptive climbing is not just for the experienced athlete. This In the early days of the sport wheelchair basketball was only activity is for anyone, including those with disabilities, who played by men with spinal cord injuries. Today it's changed has the desire to explore and try something different. There's significantly with both men and women and a variety of no better person to learn from than Mark Wellman of No disabilities, competing in the sport. Many of the same rules Limits. Mark has SCI and is an adventure athlete, speaker and from able-bodied basketball apply in the wheelchair game. author, and he will be on hand to demonstrate his innovative The plays and strategies are similar. In addition there are adaptive climbing techniques and adaptive sports gear. Using special rules in place to adapt to disability. The National Mark’s custom climbing equipment, anyone with a disability Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) governs all can participate! Climbing has tremendous benefits including aspects of the game in the United States. Learn more at building confidence, developing goal-setting skills, increasing www.blazesports.org. strength and improving flexibility. And it's fun! Mark is a –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– former Paralympian and Park Ranger, and is the first 1:00pm –1:30pm Boccia K A S paraplegic to summit El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite BlazeSports National Park. He dedicates his time to improving the quality Local athletes will demonstrate Boccia, where athletes throw, kick or use an assistive device to propel leather balls as close of life for adults and children with disabilities including our as possible to a white target ball (call the jack). Boccia is a disabled war veterans. Learn more at test of muscle control, concentration and accuracy, and the www.nolimitstahoe.com. game helps to increase hand-eye coordination. Learn more at –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– www.blazesports.org. Adaptive Rowing Demonstrations – Booth #235 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Southeastern Adaptive Scullers / Atlanta Rowing Club K A S 2:00pm – 2:30pm Team Hotwheelz-Dance Demo Try an adaptive rowing machine and discover how it can open and Workshop up the world of adaptive rowing for you. This is a sport that is K A S Presented by Walk and Roll Foundation accessible to most people with disabilities. Learn about the See a performance by the new dance group Team Hotwheelz many benefits of rowing, such as exercise, fitness, improving - made up of seven young women who use wheelchairs and self-esteem, setting goals and the sense of accomplishment share a passion for dance. The Team is excited to share their that comes from your hard work. Disabled rowers will be on brand new hip-hop dance routines with Abilities Expo hand to assist you. attendees. Following the performance it's your turn! Everyone will have a chance to get out on the dance floor and learn some moves. Follow the Team and learn more about them at www.Facebook.com/TeamHotwheelz.
8 Serving the Community Since1979 EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
3:00pm – 3:30pm Service Dog Demonstration presenting organization, Canine Assistants, is a non-profit Deborah G. Krotenberg, Esq., Canine Assistants K A S program that trains and provides service dogs for children More than ever service dogs are meeting the needs of people and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. with various disabilities. At this demonstration you'll see a Jennifer Arnold founded Canine Assistants in 1991 after she few of the tasks dogs can perform as they work with their had been diagnosed with MS and required the help of a human partners to achieve independence. The presenter will wheelchair. She is uniquely familiar with the value of service also share the many ways that service dogs can support dogs. Learn more at www.canineassistants.org. people with disabilities and share with you the process for –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– obtaining a dog for yourself or someone you love. The 2:00pm - 2:30pm Team Hotwheelz – Dance Demo presenting organization, Canine Assistants, is a non-profit and Workshop program that trains and provides service dogs for children Presented by Walk and Roll Foundation K A S and adults with physical disabilities or other special needs. See a performance by the new dance group Team Hotwheelz Jennifer Arnold founded Canine Assistants in 1991 after she - made up of seven young women who use wheelchairs and had been diagnosed with MS and required the help of a share a passion for dance. The Team is excited to share their wheelchair. She is uniquely familiar with the value of service brand new hip-hop dance routines with Abilities Expo dogs. Learn more at www.canineassistants.org. attendees. Following the performance it's your turn! Everyone will have a chance to get out on the dance floor and Saturday, February 9, 2013 learn some moves. Follow the Team and learn more about them at www.Facebook.com/TeamHotwheelz. 12:00pm – 12:45pm Beep Kickball K A –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports 2:45pm - 3:30pm Power Soccer Demo K A Beep kickball is a new sport for all people with vision loss. Simply U.S. Power Soccer Association explained, it is played with a ten-inch soft foam beeping ball. Watch and learn as US Power Soccer Association Team USA There are just 2 buzzing bases, no second base, no throwing the members demonstrate and train attendees on the techniques ball, no pitcher or catcher, one sighted field spotter, and 6 players of power wheelchair soccer. Discover this very active and per team. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players to compete on growing sport that is open to power wheelchair users of all an equal footing with blind players. Attendees will have an ages. See how players combine their skills as wheelchair opportunity to watch a demo of the game as well as try it out for users with the speed and power of the chair itself, to themselves. Learn more at www.airs-ga.org, an organization that participate in this extremely challenging game similar to encourages inclusive sports. soccer. Then try the sport out for yourself and learn where –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– you can get involved in the San Jose area. Learn more about power soccer at www.powersoccerusa.net. 12:00pm – 3:00pm Face Painting K Mystical Parties Kids will delight at the opportunity to transform their face into a Sunday, February 10, 2013 beautiful butterfly, a swashbuckling pirate, or a sweet kitten! Stop 12:00pm – 12:45pm Goal Ball Demonstration by the face painter’s stand for a complimentary face painting. Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports K A Select designs only. Paints are FDA approved professional face In the sport of Goal Ball participants compete in teams of three, paints and wash off with water. Just for kids age 18 and under. and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– opponents' goal. Teams alternate throwing or rolling the ball 1:00pm – 1:30pm Service Dog Demonstration from one end of the playing area to the other, and players Melinda Quinn, Canine Assistants K A S remain in the area of their own goal in both defense and attack. More than ever service dogs are meeting the needs of people Players must use the sound of the bell to judge the position and with various disabilities. At this demonstration you'll see a movement of the ball. Blindfolds allow partially sighted players few of the tasks dogs can perform as they work with their to compete on an equal footing with blind players. Attendees human partners to achieve independence. The presenter will will have an opportunity to watch a demo of the game as well as also share the many ways that service dogs can support try it out for themselves. Learn more at www.airs-ga.org, an people with disabilities and share with you the process for organization that encourages inclusive sports. obtaining a dog for yourself or someone you love. The
www.abilitiesexpo.com 9 EVENTS & ACTIVITIES See Floor Plan (Page 4) for Events 12:00pm – 3:00pm Face Painting K location Mystical Parties Kids will delight at the opportunity to transform their face into a beautiful butterfly, a swashbuckling pirate, or a sweet kitten! Stop by the face painter’s stand for a complimentary face painting. Select designs only. Paints are FDA approved professional face paints and wash off with water. Just for kids age 18 and under. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1:00pm – 1:30pm Team Hotwheelz – Dance Demo and Workshop Presented by Walk and Roll Foundation K A S See a performance by the new dance group Team Hotwheelz - made up of seven young women who use wheelchairs and share a passion for dance. The Team is excited to share their brand new hip-hop dance routines with Abilities Expo attendees. Following the performance it's your turn! Everyone will have a chance to get out on the dance floor and learn some moves. Follow the Team and learn more about them at www.Facebook.com/TeamHotwheelz. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1:45pm – 2:15pm "Beautiful" Campaign K A S Performance Kebra Moore Enjoy a special performance by Kebra Moore along with some time for audience members to join in the singing. Kebra uses her music to raise the awareness of the many men, women and children with disabilities. A mother, wife, and inspirational singer, she has spinal cord injury as the result of a car accident. Having SCI does not stop Kebra from pursuing her dream of becoming a singer. Her current single and video "Beautiful" is changing the lives of individuals throughout the world. In addition to an uplifting and exciting performance, Kebra will also be sharing a few singing tips with the audience!
10 Serving the Community Since1979
WORKSHOPS See Floor Plan (Page 4) Plan your Abilities Expo Experience Today! for Workshop Free Workshops! locations
Take advantage of Free Workshops that focus on everything from tips for traveling with a disability and helping your child make friends to the steps for getting the best accessible vehicle. Get recommendations for improving your money management, find out how to be better prepared for disasters and learn how to advocate for your best wheelchair. There’s even a special screening of the documentary film, Not Home . • All Workshops take place inside the Exhibit Hall! • All attendees are welcome – you do not need to register or sign up for For your convenience, we have indicated the age workshops. Just arrive early to the workshop to get a seat! groups that may be interested in these workshops. • Professionals: Certificates of participation are available for all workshops. See the Accessibility Help Desk for details. Desk is located in the front lobby Kids Adults Seniors outside the exhibit hall. (Please note there are no CEU approved courses at K A S this year’s Abilities Expo). * Schedule subject to change without notice. Abilities Expo is not responsible for the materials or opinions of speakers
Friday, February 8, 2013 1:00pm – 2:00pm Planning Accessible Travel – Workshop 1 K A S 11:45am – 12:45pm How to Select the Right Mary Peterson, CTC, Accessible Travel Consultant, ABLE to Accessible Vehicle for You - Workshop 1 Travel, a program of United Spinal Association Would you like to Brian Harper, BraunAbility A S Let ABLE to Travel guide you thru the often-difficult task of Are you feeling challenged by the process of purchasing planning accessible travel. No one said it would be easy, but it adaptive equipment for a vehicle? Consumers and related doesn’t have to be hard! ABLE to Travel is here to help make healthcare professionals alike are invited to join us to learn your trip accessible from start to finish and alleviate the the tips to successfully navigating the purchase of vans and headache for you! In this workshop we will discuss the Air accessible modifications. This workshop will cover such Carrier Access, the 2010 ADA Standards that have mandated topics as what solutions are available and where to find increased accessibility to hotels and other travel destinations, them, key terminology, the shopping and evaluation process, tips for travelers, maneuvering through airport security and the funding options and much more. Following the session mandates from TSA, and cruises (one of the most accessible attendees are invited for a hands-on van demo at ways to travel). Learn more at www.abletotravel.org. BraunAbility's Booth #201. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Practical Strategies for Funding Social Security Disability Denied: 1:00pm – 2:00pm 11:45am – 12:45pm Assistive Technology – Workshop 2 How to Build a Strong Claim – Workshop 2 A S A S Naomi Walker, J.D., Staff Attorney, Georgia Advocacy Office Alonzo J. Davis, Esq., Associate Attorney, Monge & Associates Assistive Technology holds a lot of promise for people who The two largest federal programs for assisting individuals have disabilities. It can play a pivotal role in helping you be with disabilities are part of the broader Social Security active in your community and having a voice in order to program. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and make choices, decisions, etc. With all of this possibility, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provide benefits to however, people often feel overwhelmed and experience Americans who, through no fault of their own, cannot work barriers in obtaining what they need. This workshop will to provide for themselves. This workshop will be focused on discuss ways to seek out and obtain funding through a discussion of the rules and regulations governing the traditional and/or non-traditional funding sources. Even as lengthy and often complex process of obtaining disability budgets are cut, you do have options and ways to navigate benefits. There will also be some practical tips that will help the funding maze so you can obtain needed equipment. those thinking about starting the process of applying for disability benefits.
12 Serving the Community Since1979 WORKSHOPS
2:30pm – 3:30pm Push for More! Getting the self-esteem, and understand your intimacy needs, you will begin Wheelchair that Works for You – Workshop 1 A S to increase your comfort with dating, discovering that your Ann Eubank, LMSW, OTR/L, ATP, VP of Community Initiatives, emotional and intimacy desires are the same as individuals UsersFirst, a program of United Spinal Association without disabilities. It’s likely you may face certain challenges as Finding the right wheelchair can be frustrating as there is often you seek a dating partner, enter into a relationship, and feel conflicting information at every turn. This interactive seminar comfortable expressing intimacy. The focus of this workshop is will offer strategies and resources to help navigate this to normalize dating, relationships, and intimacy for people with process. Subjects including: finding the most appropriate disabilities. Participants will learn about barriers to intimate doctor, how to work with your local equipment supplier, what to do if you are denied the equipment you want, locating relationships, how disability affects dating, and ways to adapt resources specific to your needs and consumer rights will be your relationships within the context of disability. discussed. The seminar will include video and on-line access * Please note this session is for attendees 18 and older, and to resource sites. Learn more at www.usersfirst.org. contains material that is appropriate only for adults. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 2:30pm – 3:30pm Managing Your Money – Workshop 2 Saturday, February 9, 2013 Jacqueline Wilks, Executive Director, The Center for Financial 11:45am – 12:45pm Young, Hip and Disabled: Independence and Innovation and Daphne Brookins, Credit-Able College, Work and More – Workshop 1 Consumer Liaison, The CFII A S When we take care of our finances we become free to make Stevie Hopkins, Co-Founder/Annie's Brother, Director of our own decisions and to run our lives exactly as we wish with Awesome, 3E Love A S no strings attached. Financial independence allows for more Now that you've finished high school, you're ready to choice, freedom, flexibility and peace of mind. Money venture out on your own. There's a lot of excitement about management is a skill that anyone can learn. It's the footwork these changes but also a lot of challenges too. Hiring and that brings us closer to achieving our financial goals and firing PA's, living on your own, dating and relationships, and dreams. The strategies covered in this workshop can help you getting a job. Stevie Hopkins, co-founder of 3E Love, will take control of your financial life through organizing your share his thoughts on making the jump to life after school. finances, creating a livable budget, recognizing the importance Stevie is a a serial entrepreneur. After many ventures he of paying bills on time, and understanding credit as an asset. found his life's work in 3E Love, his sister Annie's dream. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Calling on his experiences in the financial industry, music 3:45pm – 4:45pm Ten Things People with Disabilities business, and web startups, Stevie was able to turned the Should Know and Do To Be Safe In a Disaster – Workshop 1 dream into a reality. The experiences he has had traveling Nancy Duncan, Executive Director, Disability Resource Group thousands of miles, meeting people all over the country and and Laura George, Community Outreach Coordinator, Disability speaking to groups telling his story, has changed his life Resource Group A S forever. Learn more at www.3elove.com. This interactive workshop will help participants understand –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– concrete steps they can take to prepare for a variety of disasters from tornados to chemical spills. Additionally, 11:45am – 12:45pm Fun Free (or Cheap) iPad participants will learn specific activities for each type of Applications for Kids – Workshop 2 K A disability. The trainers combine knowledge from personal Audrey Gargiullo, MS, OTR/L, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta experience and from working closely with emergency This presentation will demonstrate some of the wonderful planners and first responders. free or inexpensive iPad apps available for kids. iPads can be fun tools for learning and game apps are a great way to –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– engage children so they develop new skills in a play 3:45pm – 4:45pm Disabled and Dating! Relationships, environment. The presenter will share a number of iPad Intimacy and More! – Workshop 2 A S apps, giving attendees the opportunity to see them in action. Rev. A. Virginia Rodes, PhD., Russell Professional Group and Some of the games to be presented are designed to improve Robin Nelson, Photojournalist and Storyteller, Assignment Atlanta fine motor skills like tracing, drawing, writing, pinching and It’s a basic human right to date, be in a relationship, experience pointing through fun activities. Mazes, hidden pictures, and and satisfy the needs for intimacy. Participation in healthy and puzzles applications will also be included. Other games focus constructive dating relationship is an important and meaningful on social skills including recognizing emotions, expressing part of life. When you have a disability, dating presents some emotions and creating social stories. Attendees will receive a unique challenges. As you gain confidence, maintain a healthy list of programs available for developing fine motor, visual motor and social skills.
www.abilitiesexpo.com 13 WORKSHOPS Free Workshops Continued! See Floor Plan (Page 4) for Workshop locations
1:00pm – 2:00pm Travel the World! Tips for People 2:30pm – 3:30pm Screening of "Not Home" A with Disabilities or Who Are Aging – Workshop 1 Documentary About Kids Living In Nursing Facilities Debra Kerper, Easy Access Travel K A S – Workshop 1 Would you like to travel the country or the world, but Narcel Reedus, Filmmaker A S believe you cannot because of your disability? At this Can you imagine how a child feels growing up in a nursing workshop you will learn that travel by air, sea and car is a home? Celebrating Christmas, birthdays and other real option for you. The presenter, a professional travel milestones alongside elderly bedridden patients is the agent who has a disability and has travelled extensively, will mainstay for thousands of children with a developmental share with you how to plan a trip, including what to expect disability throughout America. Award-winning filmmaker, form hotels, rental car companies, cruise lines and the Narcel Reedus, reveals the stories of children growing up airlines. Learn about the common challenges, methods for without a childhood in the heart-felt documentary, "Not addressing them and what the law requires. Attendees will Home." Abilities Expo is pleased to screen a portion of this receive recommendations for disability-friendly destinations 99-minute film that examines the complex national and accessible travel resources. Be sure to bring your phenomenon of children living in nursing homes and state- pressing questions and a list of places you'd like to visit. run institutions. Often times parents of medically-fragile Learn more at www.easyaccesstravel.com. children feel forced to make the decision to institutionalize –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– their child because some states disproportionately allocate 1:00pm – 2:00pm Intensive Pediatric PT—The funding for brick and mortar institutions rather than the less Benefits for Your Child’s Body, Mind & Spirit – expensive home and community based living. Time for Workshop 2 K A questions and answers will be available following the Melissa McGinnis, PT, MPT, Senior Pediatric Intensive PT, Euro- session. Learn more at www.nothomedocumentary.com. A P¯edse National Center for Intensive Pediatric PT limited number of DVD's will be available for purchase Research continues to point to the benefits of physical following the screening. activity for children who have gross motor disorders –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– caused from cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, traumatic 2:30pm – 3:30pm Pediatric Power Mobility: K A brain injuries, and other non-progressive neuromuscular Functional Solutions for Kids – Workshop 2 disorders. While the primary goal of Intensive therapy is to Amy Morgan, PT, ATP, Pediatric & Standing Specialist, teach new and lasting functional physical skills to children Permobil, Inc. within this population, there are other benefits that are When is the right time for power mobility? What are the equally important to the child’s well being. As Intensive benefits of providing access to power mobility early in a Pediatric PT has evolved we are recognizing additional child’s life? This course will address these questions and benefits such as improved self-esteem and confidence as help the audience understand and articulate a child’s skills the body gets stronger. This presentation will provide and abilities, prior to prescribing a power wheelchair. definitions for European-inspired Intensive Pediatric PT, the Pediatric mobility issues can be extremely complex. It is benefits of this emerging therapy, explanations of the important for members of the rehab team to differentiate European-inspired concepts and tools used during an between therapeutic mobility and functional mobility with all intensive PT session, and benefits beyond physical that are clients; but it is particularly important in the pediatric based on increased activity levels. The speaker, who is an population. This session will discuss the various types of expert in this emerging field of Intensive Pediatric Physical mobility assistive equipment (MAE) as they apply to Therapy, will review the research and theories highlighting pediatrics. Various wheelchair seat functions will also be the need for Intensive Pediatric PT and provide compelling explored regarding their effect on a child’s functional video samples of how this model of therapy is creating performance. Through the use of research and case studies, better outcomes for children at several levels. More participants will learn the importance of a thorough information available at www.europeds.org. subjective evaluation in addition to physical examination to determine the most appropriate mobility device for pediatric clients. Time will also be allotted for audience participation and discussion .
14 Serving the Community Since1979 3:45pm – 4:45pm Thriving, Not Just Surviving, as the Parent of a Special Needs Child – Workshop 1 Karen Kain, Founder, Lorrin's World and Abilities Expo Ambassador K A Karen Kain, mother of Lorrin who was grievously vaccine injured in 1994, shares her story of how she went from being a broken-hearted, desperate mother who was isolated and alone to accepting, enjoying and even thriving as the parent of a unique child. Karen will tell the process that led her to a loving and fulfilling parenting experience, as she learned life lessons from Lorrin. Karen will describe how she found success in getting from despair to discovery to love of self. She brings you tips she learned from others along the way – parents, health-care workers, and more – along with discoveries of her own. If you are new to this journey, join Karen for this workshop to gain support and ideas for thriving in your new life. Learn more about Karen at www.lorrinsworld.com. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 3:45pm – 4:45pm Sitting Pretty: Understanding Your Child’s Seating Needs – Workshop 2 Lee Johnson, Manager Planning, Production and Control, Kids UP by Quantum K A The world of seating and positioning is full of “clinical” language and concepts that can be difficult. This session is designed to help bring clarity through a fast-paced hour of real- time, rubber-meets-the-road information and training for you, the front line players caring for a person with mobility challenges. Bridging the gap between the intentions of clinicians and the day-to-day challenges faced by caregivers, this workshop will bring you a new perspective and practical tools to help achieve both comfort and therapeutic outcomes. Learn the basics of how the body actually “sits” properly, the most common “positioning” enemies of healthy sitting, strategies and creative ways to address specific challenges. You will leave with a framework for how you can partner together with your care team to give your loved ones some of the best of both worlds!
www.abilitiesexpo.com 15 The Touch the Future AT Showcase is an exciting opportunity to explore how assistive technology can help you or your loved ones bridge the divide between ability and disability! You’ll also have an opportunity to speak with Touch the Future team members about other products and services available at their Georgia and South Carolina locations including training, assessments, adaptive sports and recreation opportunities and more.
Tax Deductible Donations! Bring your old computers, laptops, cellular phones, assistive technology and medical equipment so that they can be refurbished for those in need.
Computer Lab Area: Mobility, Hi-Tech, Vision & Learning Try the latest in computer access, environmental control and communication technologies! Look for BlueLites, Lucy4 laser access, voice recognition, eye gaze technologies, Switch controls, Ubi Duo, Grid2, Speech Gear, and a variety of software applications to meet your needs no matter what your disability may be—physical, learning, hearing and/or vision. Assorted Assistive Technology You can also explore a variety of options to meet your daily living needs and for other leisure and life activities like dressing aides, adaptive eating and grooming aides, adaptive gardening tools, technology mounting options, switches and other assistive technologies for home, school or work. Also, low cost computers will be available onsite for qualified participants and well as access to other low-cost AT options. Shepherd Center Discover cutting-edge AT programs/services and see demos of the latest technologies in Rebab and AT used by Shepherd Center patients. You especially don’t want to pass up the robotic walking! Do not miss the opportunity to test drive the latest in assistive technology and “Touch the Future” at the AT Showcase! (Booth 221) Touch the Future AT Showcase • Booth 221
Shepherd Center Technology Showcase
Eye Gaze Technology
Touch the Future Touch the Future Computer Lab Area Computer Lab Area Mobility & Hi Tech Vision & Learning
Chestercreek Keyboard with iPad
Touch the Future Assorted Assistive Technology
Tongue Drive System
Lucy 4 Tour de LaFrance BrailleTouch EXHIBITOR LISTINGS
EXHIBITOR BOOTH/ALPHA ROSTER 3 E Love ...... 100 MARTA - Metropolitan Altanta Rapid Transit Authority .....639 Abilities365.com ...... 314 MaxMobility ...... 325 Able to Travel, a program of United Spinal Association ....519 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Accident & Disability Attorneys of Monge & Associates ...413 Mobility Project ...... 113 Action Trackchair ...... 313 Mobility SVM ...... 421 ADT Home Health Services ...... 126 MobilityWorks - Atlanta ...... 618 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 National Ataxia Foundation ...... 125 Amovida ...... 222 National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability 514 Aquatic Access Inc ...... 224 National Seating & Mobility ...... 414 ATG Rehab ...... 508 New Mobility Magazine, a publication of United Spinal Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports ...... 624 Association ...... 519 Backbones ...... 614 No Limits - Adaptive Climbing Wall ...... 631 Bath Fitter of Georgia ...... 119 Noble Learning Resource Center, Shepherd Center ...... 117 BlazeSports America ...... 619 Not Home Documentary ...... 319 Born Free RV ...... 606 NSCIA, a program of United Spinal Association ...... 519 Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission ...... 622 Permobil ...... 401 Braun Ability ...... 201 Permobil ...... 407 Byram Healthcare ...... 317 Pride Mobility ...... 501 Center for Financial Independence & Innovation ...... 214 Project Walk Atlanta Inc...... 616 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation ...... 415 Quickie Sunrise Medical ...... 111 Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 Ralph Braun Foundation (The) ...... 135 Coloplast Corp...... 608 Redman Power Chairs ...... 613 Colours Wheelchair ...... 217 Restorative Therapies, Inc...... 509 Columbia Medical ...... 212 Rollin' Wear ...... 110 Comfort Company (The) ...... 417 SCI Total Fitness ...... 108 Convaid Inc ...... 409 Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Downs Designs ...... 627b SleepSafe Beds, LLC ...... 213 D's Locks / Hands on Concepts ...... 625 Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH) ...... 115 Easy Access Travel ...... 416 Southeastern Adaptive Scullers-Atlanta Rowing Club ...... 235 Ellura ...... 114 Special Equestrians of Georgia ...... 515 Embraced ...... 315 Statewide Independent Living Council of Georgia, Inc. ....216 Emosah Foundation ...... 215 SureHands Lift & Care Systems ...... 412 enAble of Georgia ...... 617 Survey on Hotel Accommodations for Wheelchair Users- Euro-Peds National Ctr. for Intensive Pediatric PT ...... 422 Belmont Occupational Therapy Program ...... 418 Free Wheel ...... 210 Teleflex ...... 424 Freedom Concepts Inc...... 529 Teresa Coachman Massage Therapy ...... 628 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation ...... 323 GACHI/GATEDP ...... 615 The Lived Experience of Individuals Using Mobility Related AT Genesis Healthcare Services ...... 123 Devices, Belmont University ...... 621 Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) ...... 128 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Georgia Relay ...... 129 Touch the Future ...... 221 Hawaiian Moon ...... 102 Toyota Mobility ...... 101 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 United Spinal Association ...... 519 Holdem-hidem ...... 112 University of Kansas ...... 228 Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies (HDIS) ...... 629 US Power Soccer Association ...... 234 Howe and Howe Technologies ...... 517 UsersFirst, a program of United Spinal Association ...... 519 Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 513 Vehicle Production Group LLC ...... 601 Kempf, Inc ...... 335 VSA Arts of Georgia, Inc...... 132 Ki Mobility ...... 229 Wheelchair Repair Area ...... 623 Life Jacket Adapted ...... 106 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 Lorrin's World ...... 630 Marquetta Johnson ...... 130
18 Serving the Community Since1979 Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow. EXHIBITOR LISTINGS
3 E Love ...... 100 benefits you deserve. Call The Accident & Disability Stephen Hopkins • 320 Houston St. • Batavia IL 60510 Attorneys of Monge & Associates today at 888-740- Phone: 877-335-6831 Fax: 630-879-5632 5191 or use our online contact form. We can provide a Email: [email protected] www.3Elove.com free review of your case. Social entrepreneurship company seeking to change societal perception of people with disabilities and their Action Trackchair ...... 313 abilities through clothing, education, and art. Mission: 1103 Canoga Park Dr. • Marshall MN 56258 Embrace diversity. Educate your community. Empower Phone: 507-829-5940 Fax: 507-537-9837 each other. Love life. Wheelchairs are sexy! Email: [email protected] www.actiontrackchair.com We at Action Manufacturing have developed the Action Abilities365.com ...... 314 Trackchair for those people who want to get off the normal, smooth, hard,flat, and similar types of surfaces 2601 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 200 • Santa Monica CA 90405 and have the freedom to venture off into new terrain. Phone: 310-450-8831 x3 Email: [email protected] "Helping the disabled to be enabled." Abilites365.com is a comprehensive resource community for people with disabilities, their family, friends and ADT Home Health Services ...... 126 industry professionals. The in-depth information and 885 Franklin Road • Marietta GA 30067 interactive features provided by Abilities365.com can Phone: 404-309-8574 Email: [email protected] easily be targeted based on each member's specific needs. Examples of resources included are tutorials, Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 videos, articles, and on-demand webinars. You will be 450 Old Peachtree Rd. • #102 • Suwanee GA 30024 able to receive training and interact with non-profit Phone: 877-645-5170 Fax: 888-859-5845 associations, in order to get the latest information. Email: [email protected] www.amgrx.com Advanced Medical Group specializes in providing Healthcare Able to Travel, a program of United Spinal Solutions through Innovative Products & Superior Service Association ...... 519 for individuals with paralysis, incontinence, diabetes, 75-20 Astoria Blvd. • Suite 120 • East Elmhurst NY 11370 ostomy & wounds. Our commitment & dedication allows Phone: 718-803-3782 Email: [email protected] our customers to maximize their capabilities & www.abletotravel.org/ independence. We provide hassle-free access to over Services: Accessible ground transportation to & from 22,000 products, discreetly packaged, delivered to your the airport, Stowage of wheelchairs and other mobility home at no upfront costs. CALL 1-877-645-5170 to try one equipment on board an aircraft, Accessible hotel of our Innovative Products and experience Superior Service . accommodations, including rooms with roll in showers, Accessible cruise bookings, Medical equipment at your Amovida ...... 222 destination, reservations, Travel insurance, Tour groups 1701 Barrett Lakes Blvd. • Suite 410 • Kennesau GA 30144 and package deals, Arranging of lift equipped vans, Car Phone: 770-686-2751 Email: [email protected] rentals, with and without hand controls and much With medical functionality as our first priority, we unite more! Service fee for United Spinal/NSCIA members is innovation with outstanding design to offer ultimate $35. Nonmembers $40. quality in medical cushioning. Accident & Disability Attorneys of Monge & Aquatic Access Inc ...... 224 Associates ...... 413 1921 Production Dr, KY • Louisville KY 40299-2110 8255 Dunwoody Place • Building 17 • Atlanta GA 30350 Phone: 502-425-5817 Fax: 502-425-9607 Phone: 770-773-9119 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.AquaticAccess.com www.SocialSecurity911.com Aquatic Access manufactures lifts that provide access to If you have suffered a serious personal injury that has aquatic activities for physically challenged people. Several left you unable to work, or if you suffer from a disability models meet the ADA guidelines. All Aquatic Access lifts that prevents you from earning a living wage, the SSDI include all components needed for installation in the base and SSI programs are meant for you. Allow our Social price., The safest and most reliable lifts on the market, Security disability lawyers to help you obtain the Aquatic Access lifts are operated by the environmentally- friendly and renewable power of flowing water.
www.abilitiesexpo.com 19 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
ATG Rehab ...... 508 Born Free RV ...... 606 1111 Cromwell Place • Suite 601• Rocky Hill CT 06067 1505 13th Street North • Humboldt IA 50548 Phone: 860-257-3443 Fax: 800-257-3445 Phone: 800-247-1835 Fax: 515-332-3756 Email: [email protected] www.atgrehab.com Email: [email protected] ATG Rehab is a national complex rehabilitation equipment www.bornfreemotorcoach.com company with 59 locations that specialize in providing a Born Free Motorcoach has been manufacturing RV's for wide range of personal seating and mobility solutions. Our 44 years. We will custom design and manufacture a certified Assitive Technology Professionals (ATP) work 25'-33' RV's to fit your specific mobility needs. closely with you and your clinicians to provide the most Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund appropriate and functional mobility solutions available today. To learn more, please visit us at www.atgrehab.com Commission ...... 622 2 Peachtree St. • Suite 26-426 • Atlanta GA 30303 Athens Inclusive Recreation and Sports ..624 Phone: 888-233-5760 Email: [email protected] 217 E. Meadow Drive • Athens GA 30605 www.ciclt.net/bsitf/ Phone: 706-353-7463 Email: [email protected] The Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission was established to enhance the lives of Georgians with Backbones ...... 614 traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries. Core services PO BOX 7334 • Prospect Heights IL 60070 include managing the state's Central Registry for Phone: 618-724-5484 Email: [email protected] traumatic injuries, providing financial assistance to www.BACKBONESONLINE.com people with TBI/SCI, and serving as the lead agency on Every year thousands of Americans sustain spinal cord traumatic injuries by coordinating state services for injuries (SCI).The individual and their family must adjust to Georgians with traumatic injuries and advocating for a new life that can be isolating without someone who necessary change in public policy. understands what you are going through. BACKBONES helps answer the “What’s next?” Through one-on-one Braun Ability ...... 201 support, we motivate people to ask questions, learn and live 631 W. 11th St. • Winamac IN 46996 life to the fullest! Our events make everyone feel like family Phone: 574-946-2392 Email: [email protected] by creating an alternative to the traditional “support group.” As the mobility industry leader, BraunAbility wheelchair vans and lift systems offer the ultimate in convenience, Bath Fitter of Georgia ...... 119 safety, quality, and reliability. We offer all popular minivan 6155 Jimmy Carter Blvd • Norcross GA 30071 models, including the Dodge Grand Caravan, Chrysler Phone: 678-951-5056 Email: [email protected] Custom one-day bath and shower renovations, Town & Country, Toyota Sienna, and Honda Odyssey. Our including a wheelchair accessible shower, hand-held dealers are mobility experts that will address your shower heads, grab bars, seats and other safety individual needs. Our Our dealer representative for the accessories. Give us one day and we'll give you a new Houston Expo is Adaptive Driving Access Inc. (ADA). For bath. Register at the show and get 10% off up to $450. more info, visit: www.braunability.com Let us show you how we can makeyou smile. BlazeSports America ...... 619 Byram Healthcare ...... 317 120 Bloomingdale Rd. • Suite 301 • White Plains NY 10605 535 North McDonough Street • Decatur GA 30030 Phone: 877-902-9726 Email: [email protected] Phone: 404-270-2000 Email: [email protected] www.byramhealthcare.com www.blazesports.org Byram Healthcare is a leading national provider of BlazeSports America is the legacy program of the 1996 medical supplies, providing the products, services, and Paralympics held here in Atlanta Georgia. BlazeSports support needed to maximize clinical outcomes and provides opportunties for children, veterens and active duty manage benefits. Byram Healthcare is recognized for its service members with physical disabilities to realize their clinical support programs that include the diabetes, potential through sport and healthy lifestyles. The wide wound care, ostomy, urological, incontinence and range of sports programs available include Wheelchair Basketball, Track and Field, Swimming, Archery, Bowling, enteral nutrition areas. Cycling, Soccer, Water Sports and Boccia.
20 Serving the Community Since1979 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS ALZHEIMERS LYME DISEASE STROKE BRAIN INJURY CEREBRAL PALSY CHRONIC FATIGUE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BRAIN INJURY We all know someone who has been affected — we can help.
Our centers focus on providing clear, executable, biomedical solutions. Autism, stroke, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other brain injuries call for proven therapies that lead to measurable and visible results.
Whether this involves hyperbaric oxygen therapy, therapeutic suit or nutritional therapies, among many other o erings at your disposal, our center guides and informs you about each option.
With an armory of doctors, nurses and parent liaisons, our goal is to get to work on your loved one and nd options that work for your family.
We are here for you. To treat, demystify and heal.
Integrative Hyperbaric Centers -BHVOB$BOZPO3E 4UFt www.californiahyperbarics.com /FTCJUU3E6OJU# 'JUDICVSH8*t www.wisconsinhyperbarics.com
“Hyperbarics at home” program is now available. Treat e ectively, comfortably and conveniently without going into the clinic. Contact us for more information. EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Center for Financial Independence & their own natural, chemical reaction INSTANTLY! Innovation ...... 214 REUSABLE AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN Enjoy heat anywhere with the click of a coin. Click It Hot Packs are 315 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. Ste.600 • Decatur GA 30030 actually heating and cooling pads. They warm up to a Phone: 404-541-9005 Fax: 888-724-2287 Email: [email protected] www.thecfii.org comfortable 130 degrees and cool down to a The Center for Financial Independence & Innovation (CFII) comfortable 32 degrees. Because Click-it Hot Packs offers Georgians with disabilities access to affordable offer both cold and heat, we guarantee they will interact financial products/services that help them purchase in a way that helps you reach the very root of your pain assistive technology, accumulate wealth, and have more and discomfort. control over their personal finances. CFII offers free and Coloplast Corp...... 608 low-cost assistance to Georgians with disabilities through 1601 W.River Rd. • Minneapolis MN 55411 the following programs: Credit-Able, Volunteer Income Phone: 800-788-0293 Fax: 612-344-2407 Tax Assistance, Financial Education, and Asset Alliance. Email: [email protected] www.us.coloplast.com Coloplast develops products and services that make life Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a easier for people with very personal and private medical 5455 Meridian Mark • Suite 300 • Atlanta GA 30342 conditions. Working closely with the people who use Phone: 404-785-7100 Fax: 404-785-7113 our products, we create solutions that are sensitive to Email: [email protected] www.choa.org/rehab their special needs. We call this intimate healthcare. Our Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta offers comprehensive business includes ostomy care, urology and continence rehabilitation for patients age birth to 21 through four care, and wound and skin care. rehab settings–acute, inpatient, day rehab and outpatient. Our specially trained staff has experience treating a wide Colours Wheelchair ...... 217 range of injuries, illnesses and disorders. We meet the 860 E. Parkridge Ave. • Corona CA 92879 physical, cognitive, social and emotional needs of each Phone: 951-808-9131 Fax: 951-808-9949 Email: [email protected] patient.through a comprehensive approach that promotes Colours Wheelchair strives to change the way people independence and maximizes function. We offer services see the disabled by manufacturing the most innovative, at several locations throughout metro Atlanta. lightweight, custom, manual wheelchairs and Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation wheelchair accessory items on the market and offering ...... 415 products superior in value to price. Products range 2985 Gordy Parkway • Suite 113 • Marietta GA 30066 from folding, rigid, and suspension wheelchairs to sport Phone: 770-675-6565 Email: [email protected] wheelchairs. Colours is the official distributor of Nissin www.dreamsofrecovery.org Wheelchairs. The Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit charitable organization. We grant financial Columbia Medical ...... 212 assistance to indiviuduals with spinal cord/brain injuries 11724 Willake St. • Santa Fe Springs CA 90670 Phone: 562-282-0244 Fax: 310-305-1718 to receive therapy and/or therapuetic equipment that is Email: [email protected] not covered by insurance. The foundation is dedicated to www.columbiamedical.com promoting awareness and need for funding of scientific For more than 30 years, Columbia Medical has provided research to find a cure for paralysis. The organization is quality assistive products and daily living aids for funded by individual donations, fundraisers, corporate individuals with special needs. Our product line includes sponsors and philanthropic foundation grants. customized solutions for bathing, toileting, transportation, exercise, seating and bath transfers. We Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 recently launched the only car seat with swing away PO Box 2654 • Dearborn MI 48123 Phone: 313-586-1027 Email: [email protected] supports called the Spirit™. www.clickithotpacks.com Click It Hot Packs Pain Relief! Heat packs heat up by
22 Serving the Community Since1979 It’s not too early to plan your getaway.
The possibilities are endless!
Come sail the Caribbean, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Hawaii & Panama, the Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Australia or New Zealand & Dubai, Alaska, Canada & New England. Or maybe a Transatlantic sailing is more your style.
What are you waiting for? “The Sea is Waiting” Call Able to Travel today !
ABLE to Travel is a full-servicef travel agency specializingecializing in the needs of individuals witwithth disabilities. Call for pricing and itinerary details. VISIT US AATT Booking all your travel needs! 888-211-3635 Visit our website wwwwww.abletotravel.org.abletotravel.org BOOTH ##519!519! Like us on Facebook!Facebookk!
Comee VVisitisiit UsUs @ Booth 5195 forfor FREE Sampleses off NEWEW MOBILITYOBILITY MAGAZINEMAGAZINE!
StopStop bbyy BBoothooth YourYour ServiceService DogDoog knowsknows 519 forforr shoshoww wherewhere ttoo go toto get the specialss on all our prproductsooducts lalatesttest informationinfformaormattion on liflifefee pluplusus freefree sampsamplesples of life beyondbeyoond wheels bebeyondyond wheels...wheelss... a publication of United Spinal Association Do you?you? NEWEW MOBILITYOBILITY EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Comfort Company (The) ...... 417 Easy Access Travel ...... 416 509 S. 22nd Ave. • Bozeman MT 59718 Phone: 406-548-3109 Fax: 406-522-8563 1716 Morning Glory • Carollton TX 75007 Email: [email protected] Phone: 951-202-2208 Fax: 949-209-1940 The Comfort Company specializes in the manufacturing Email: [email protected] of seating and postural support devices for pediatric to www.easyaccesstravel.com geriatric people with rehabilitation needs. We are Debra Kerper has been specializing in Travel for committed to providing our customers with quality Persons with Disabilities for the past 20 years. She has products designed for comfort, function and ease of traveled the world using a wheelchair and/or a scooter. use. All products are guaranteed for life against She is an amputee and has lupus. She recently cruised manufacturer's defects. with 112 passengers on the first Amputee Coalition Cruise in December, 2012 and with 60 cruisers in Convaid Inc...... 409 January, 2013 on the Young Adult Spina Bifida Cruise. 2830 California St. • Torrance CA 90503 Debra looks forward to planning a group cruise for your Phone: 310-755-7826 Fax: 310-618-8811 organization! Email: [email protected] Convaid is a leading manufacturer of lightweight, Ellura ...... 114 compact-folding wheelchairs for children and adults. All 4200 Northside Parkway NW Building 12 • Atlanta TX 30327 chairs can be tailored to the user with our complete line Phone: 877-421-7160 Email: [email protected] of positioning options and accessories. Newest models www.myellura.com offer advanced seating and positioning. Transit models TAKE CONTROL OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. ellura also available and are 100% ANSI RESNA compliant. is a cranberry supplement like no other because it contains the required amount of PACs (active ingredient Downs Designs ...... 627b from pure cranberry juice effective for urinary tract health) 8796 Tyler Blvd. • Mentor OH 44060 to effectively help the body maintain a clean bladder. All Phone: 440-290-8903 Email: [email protected] this power is in one capsule taken daily. The difference is www.downsdesigns.com that ellura WORKS. Stop by our booth to hear from real Designing a clothing line for people with Down customers how to TAKE CONTROL with ellura. syndrome has been an overwhelming task, but a true labor of love. Along the way we discovered that not only Embraced ...... 315 did our clothing help those with Down syndrome but also other people who needed stylish comfortable 1015 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway • Ste. 215 • Atlanta GA 30318 Phone: 404-592-4569 Email: [email protected] clothing that is easy to get in and out of and does not www.embracedatlanta.org have buttons or zippers. Currently, we have 14 styles of Embraced puts assistive mobility equipment into the jeans for children and adults all of which can be custom hands of those in need- the uninsured, the under-insured hemmed and tailored for your unique body shape. and the less fortunate. With more than 60 collection www.downsdesigns.com locations in Georgia where individuals can donate their unused medical equipment, Embraced collects items D's Locks / Hands on Concepts ...... 625 such as wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes and prosthetics. Embraced then matches this equipment to 451 Mountain View Rd. • El Cajon CA 92021 Phone: 619-749-6311 Fax: 619-441-9995 individuals, hospitals, health clinics who are in need. Email: [email protected] There is absolutely no fee for this equipment. D's Locks are hub locks for manual wheelchairs. D's Locks replace push-to-lock or scissor brakes. They Emosah Foundation ...... 215 mount out of the way, add no width and are easy to PO Box 5803 • Alpharetta GA 30023 engage. Wheels can be removed and replaced with locks Phone: 888-960-0220 Fax: 888-292-4563 engaged. D's Locks can be self-installed in about an hour. Email: [email protected] www.emosahfoundation.org The Emosah Foundation mission is It is our mission to
24 Serving the Community Since1979 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS pave pathways in communities that make a difference in FreeWheel RACK. Allows you to carry your groceries, the everyday lives of people of all ages with and without tackle box and fishing pole, cooler, luggage, school disabilities through the encouragement of social backpack, all with ease. FreeWheel = Freedom. independence, disabled sports and inspiration to fulfill Independence. Mobitily. educational and work goals. We believe that striving for excellence and trusting that you are worthy of Freedom Concepts Inc...... 529 greatness, is one of the most powerful achievements 2087 Plessis Rd. • Winnipeg MB R3W 1S4 • Canada you can give yourself! Phone: 204-654-1074-207 Fax: 204-654-1149 Email: [email protected] www.freedomconcepts.com/ enAble of Georgia ...... 617 According to Angela Jackson, Physical Therapist, “Riding 1200 Old Ellis Road • Roswell GA 30076 Freedom Concepts bikes encourages the increase in Phone: 770-664-4347 Fax: 770-740-0650 range of motion, teaches reciprocal patterning of the Email: [email protected] www.enablega.org lower extremities and improves motor planning skills that Since 1979, enAble of Georgia has been providing can carry over into many other functional activities in an comprehensive supports to individuals with individual’s life.” Working with medical professionals and developmental disabilities who wish to live and work as families since 1991, Freedom Concepts custom-builds independently as possible. Programs range from each adaptive bike for individuals with disabilities such as training in community living skills and the provision of Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida. home care services, to customized and supported employment (including finding and keeping a job), as Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! .. well as after-school services and a new summer camp ...... 429 program for youth and young adults. Our goal is to help 4900 Lewis Road • Stone Mountain GA 30083 you reach yours! Phone: 770-491-9014 Phone:770-560-8619 Fax: 770-491-0026 Email: [email protected] Euro-Peds National Ctr. for Intensive www.fodac.org Pediatric PT ...... 422 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children (FODAC) provides 461 W. Huron Suite 406 Seminole Center • Pontiac MI 48341 Home Medical Equipment (HME) at little or no cost to Phone: 248-857-6776 Fax: 248-857-7102 those in need. These items include wheelchairs; manual Email: [email protected] www.europeds.org and power, walkers, hospital beds, canes, crutches, European-inspired intensive therapy is emerging as a bedside commodes, children’s equipment and many way for children who have Cerebral Palsy and other other items. We are able to provide this equipment as a result of donations from individuals and relationships gross motor delays to learn new skills for greater with HME & DME Vendors. Clients must complete a independence and mobility. Euro-Peds National Center brief request form and pick up the equipment at our for Intensive Pediatric PT was established in 1999 as warehouse in Stone Mtn. the first hospital-based clinic in North America to offer this therapy. Sessions are up to 4 hours per day, 5 days GACHI/GATEDP ...... 615 per week. Insurance accepted; financial assistance available; Discounted hotel accommodations. 4151 Memorial Drive Suite 103-B • Decatur GA 30032 www.europeds.org. Phone: 404-292-5312 Fax: 404-299-3642 Email: [email protected] www.gachi.org Free Wheel ...... 210 GACHI's mission is to serve individuals who are Deaf, 4878 Lakeview Pl. • Garden City ID 83714 Deaf-Blind, Late–deafened, people with Hearing Loss, Phone: 208-571-2051 Email: [email protected] and others with respect to all communication modes; by www.gofreewheel.com providing support services, advocacy, & education, Stop by Booth #208 and demo the FreeWheel which foster self-determination, empowerment and Wheelchair Attachment. In seconds your rigid frame independence. GACHI provides services such as manual chair becomes a 3-wheel all-terrain chair. With Advocacy, Information & Referral, Community the FreeWheel you SAFELY glide over uneven sidewalks, Education, The Georgia Telecommunications Equipment down curbs, across grass. Less strain on shoulders or Distribution Program, ABE/GED Program, Camp fear of falling. Check out the latest product, the Juliena,and I Can Connect GA.
www.abilitiesexpo.com 25 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Genesis Healthcare Services ...... 123 Holdem-hidem ...... 112 6659 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. • Suite 1 • Norcross GA 30092 1775 S. Columbia Place • Decatur GA 30032 Phone: 678-824-7948 Email: [email protected] Phone: 706-296-2422 Email: [email protected] www.HOLDEM-HIDEM.COM Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) ...128 HOLDEM-HIDEM, Playing Card Holders, Domino Holders, specifically designed TOO; "HELPING HANDS STAY IN 260 14th Street, NW • Atlanta GA 30318 THE GAME" The holders are designed to allow for EASE of Phone: 1-800-672-6173 Fax: 404-685-2821 USE, by those people who Love to Play Cards or Email: [email protected] www.garrs.net Dominos, but find a little help holding, loading, and hiding The Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) is an their hands from the competition. The units are molded independent nonprofit radio station founded in 1980 ABS plastic, weight 1 1/2 lbs, and allow the player to load whose mission is to improve the quality of life for every the cards in a hidden position, or in an upright position. Georgian who is blind, visually-impaired or has The unit can be operated from either side. difficulty with access to the printed word by broadcasting the readings of newspapers, books and Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies (HDIS) magazines via sub channel radio and an Internet ...... 629 stream. Contact us TODAY! 9385 Dielman Industrial Drive • Olivette MO 63132 Georgia Relay ...... 129 Phone: 314-997-8771 Email: [email protected] Since 1986 HDIS has specialized in providing discreet 244 Washington Street SW • Atlanta GA 30334 home delivery of Bladder Control Products, Catheters, Phone: 678-620-6776 Email: [email protected] www.georgiarelay.org Mobility Aids, Personal Care Products, Nutritional Georgia Relay is a free public service provided by the Products, Diabetes Supplies and other home healthcare State of Georgia to make communicating by telephone equipment. Our Customer Care Representatives are easy, accessible and reliable for everyone, including experienced, caring professionals who not only people who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind or have understand our products, but the customers’ needs and difficulty speaking. Georgia Relay enables users to stay feelings. Call 1-800-2MY-HOME to request a catalog with connected through a variety of services including our entire product line! Shipping is free on every order! traditional Relay (text telephone), Internet Relay, CapTel Howe and Howe Technologies ...... 517 captioning service and Video Relay Service (VRS). Visit 661 Main St. • Waterboro ME 04087 the Georgia Relay booth to learn more about our services. Phone: 207-247-2777 Email: [email protected] www.howeandhowe.com Hawaiian Moon ...... 102 Since its creation, Howe and Howe Technologies Inc. 321 S. Missouri Ave. • Clearwater FL 33756 has become a world leader in extreme vehicle Phone: 727-466-1856 Email: [email protected] fabrication and one of the foremost creators of Hawaiian Moon Organic Aloe Cream. Helps to repair and advanced robotic platform solutions and applications. It moisturize the skin. Makes a great gift as well! For is the ability to approach a problem uniquely and further information visit us at www.aloecream.biz overcome any obstacle or challenge that a project Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 presents that has allowed Howe and Howe to show, 1069 SR 46E • Batesville IN 00000 time and again, that sharp minds with the right Phone: 812-363-6250 Fax: 812-934-8894 motivation can change the world. Email: [email protected] For more than 30 years Liko has been a pioneer in the Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 513 design and manufacturing of patient lifts , slings and 16251 Laguna Canyon Rd. • Ste.175 • Irvine CA 92618 Phone: 877-789-0123 Phone: 562-906-8888 transfer products for the home. Liko lifts are ideal for Fax: 562-906-8885 Email: [email protected] helping caregivers lift and reposition their loved ones California Integrative Hyperbaric Center… for the with care while avoiding injuries. improvement of Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury,
26 Serving the Community Since1979 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS mitochondrial Disorders, Rheumatoid Arthritis and movements. Our Lj-A will keep the body in an upright many other diseases. The California Integrative position and the face completely out of the water. It will Hyperbaric Center is excited to offer the most effective ensure stability even for the most apprehensive users. treatments for families with special needs. We offer the following therapies, individually or as an adjunct to Lorrin's World ...... 630 another therapy(ies). Often, a collaboration of therapies 3310 Silver Spur Ct. • Thousand Oaks CA 91360 and home programs produce maximum results. Phone: 805-341-9628 Email: [email protected] Karen Kain CEO of Lorrin's World, parent and advocate Kempf, Inc...... 335 for families who are living a unique life experience. Karen 1245 Lakeside Dr.#3005 • Sunnyvale CA 94085 Phone: 408-773-0219 Fax: 408-773-0524 shares her story as Lorrin's mother to help other families Email: [email protected] enjoy their journey. The booth will have tips, ideas and KEMPF adapts vehicles for disabled drivers. DARIOS, gifts to raise your spirit and put a smile on your face. Our the new digital accelerator ring allows a driver without children are here to be enjoyed and celebrated! the use of both legs to drive keeping both hands on the Marquetta Johnson ...... 130 steering wheel. The system appears to be a part of the 901 Ashley Place • Stone Mountain GA 30083 original equipment of the vehicle. The steering wheel Phone: 404-403-0811 Email: [email protected] can still be tilted and all airbags remain functional. www.atikaart.com KEMPF features nationwide free at-home pick-up and Original Hand- made Quilts, Hand-Dyed Textiles, Folk delivery of your car and at-home service. All KEMPF Art and Colllectibles products are VA accepted. Visit us at: www.kempf- usa.com. MARTA - Metropolitan Altanta Rapid Transit Authority ...... 639 Ki Mobility ...... 229 2916 Borham • Stevens Point WI 54481 2424 Piedmont Road NE • Atlanta GA 30324 Phone: 715-254-0991 Fax: 715-254-0996 Phone: 404-848-5202 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.itsmarta.com/ As an innovator in the industry Ki Mobility strives to With 38 rail stations and over 91 bus routes to serve manufacture the lightest and best performing your needs, MARTA is the key to getting around Atlanta. wheelchairs on the market. Products with real Whether you are coming in from the airport, commuting improvements over the status quo and the benefits that to work, biking, walking, parking, visiting, going to an you can feel. For us it is about making it easier to move, event, or enjoying Atlanta nightlife, MARTA is the easier to go, and easier to travel. Our Catalyst and easiest and most cost-effective way to get around the Tsunami brands have redefined performance while not city - and the region. MARTA is part of a regional transit sacrificing quality. You may not know our name, but system for the entire mid-north Georgia region - you after you try our chairs you will remember it...Gotta can ride from Alpharetta to Jonesboro, Douglasville to Ride It! Snellville. Life Jacket Adapted ...... 106 MaxMobility ...... 325 18 Greenfield Estates • St. Albert AB T8N 2G2 • Canada 5425 Mountain View Parkway • Antioch TN 37013 Phone: 780-885-6957 Fax: 780-665-6114 Phone: 615-731-1860 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] The SmartDrive is a revolutionary new power asisst Life Jacket-Adapted is a Canadian company specializing device that will change your life. It can power you up in personal flotation devices for individuals of all ages steep hills, through carpet and over grass. It is intuitive who have experienced some loss of autonomy. We have to use, just push to go and brake to stop, its that our PFD-A which is a therapeutic aid designed to keep simple. It will go for days on a single charge. Plug in the body in an horizontal position. It ensures stability in and get out there! case of involuntary reflexes and uncontrollable
www.abilitiesexpo.com 27 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Mobility Lifter ...... 218 wheelchair accessible lowered-floor minivans, full-size 4028 Belleaire Lane • Downers Grove IL 60515 handicapped equipped vans and commercial fleet vehicles Phone: 630-891-2817 Email: [email protected] to thousands of individuals and business clients each www.mobilitylifter.com year. We are one of the largest adaptive van providers in LiftKar PT is a BATTERY powered attendant operated the United States with locations in Alabama, California, PORTABLE Stair Climber. REQUIRES NO HOME Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, MODIFICATIONS! Works on ANY Stairs-Angled, Curved, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin. ANY Material-Carpet, wood, steel, concrete, etc. OUTDOOR and INDOOR use. Designed to transport seated National Ataxia Foundation ...... 125 passengers, models have an integrated seat PT-S, or use your manual wheelchair PT-U, or the PT-A uses Quick 2600 Fernbreck Ln. • Ste.119 • Minneapolis MN 00000 Release Wheelchairs. Disassembles into three parts, light Phone: 619-447-3753 Fax: 619-593-8183 weight to take with in a car, or plane, use in your RV! Email: [email protected] The National Ataxia Foundation (NAF) is a nonprofit Mobility Project ...... 113 organization established in 1957 to help families affected by hereditary or sporadic ataxia. The NAF is 4 Venture Suite 150 • Irvine CA 92618 Phone: 949-265-1573 Email: [email protected] dedicated to helping ataxia families through research, www.themobilityproject.com education, and support services. To find out more about TheMobilityProject.com is a new online resource ataxia, the NAF, or ataxia support groups, please visit created especially for people with mobility-related our web site at www.ataxia.org. disabilities, their families and caregivers. Filled with National Center on Health, Physical Activity timely news, the latest research and peer- and expert- written stories, TheMobilityProject.com is for families, and Disability ...... 514 seniors, veterans, healthcare professionals, kids and 4000 Ridgeway Dr. • Birmingham AL 35209 everyone who wants to live an enabled, independent Phone: 800-900-8086 Email: [email protected] and active life. Log onto TheMobilityProject's Facebook www.nchpad.org page to exchange ideas and chat with friends. The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability is the premier resource for information on Mobility SVM ...... 421 physical activity, health promotion, and disability. We 505 Avenue of Autos • Fort Wayne IN 46804 empower people with disabilities and health conditions Phone: 260-434-4723 Fax: 260-434-4763 to become healthier and more active. NCHPAD provides Email: [email protected] www.mobilitysvm.com telephone and online information along with resources Mobility SVM has patented a lift system that places the user on physical activity, fitness, adapted recreation, adapted behind the wheel of one of the most capable, adaptable sports, disability and chronic health conditions. Please vehicles on the road today. Now, there is an alternative to contact us at [email protected] or 800-900-8086. the traditional minivan for drivers who require wheelchair accessible vehicles. Mobility SVM produces a conversion National Seating & Mobility ...... 414 lift for full size GM trucks that allow drivers and passengers 4016 Flowers Road • Suite 400 • Atlanta GA 30360 to experience the independence of traveling comfortably Phone: 770-452-1450 Fax: 770-452-1398 around town...or accross an open field. Email: [email protected] www.TheRightChair.com By providing The Right Chair and The Best Care, National MobilityWorks - Atlanta ...... 618 Seating & Mobility (NSM) has become the largest 1255 Kennestone Circle • Suite 100 • Marietta GA 30066 complex rehab seating and mobility company in North Phone: 770-422-9674 Fax: 770-425-9535 America. At NSM, we provide world-class products and Email: [email protected] www.mobilityworks.com care to each of our clients through clinical expertise, superior customer service, operational excellence, and MobilityWorks is a national chain of wheelchair accessible sound financial management. Visit us at booth 414. to van providers serving the disabled community with see how we can meet your needs here in Atlanta.
28 Serving the Community Since1979 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS
New Mobility Magazine, a publication of four interweaving stories: Mathew, Qualeigh, Essie Evans and Nola Sayne – a young adult, a child and two parents United Spinal Association ...... 519 whose separate lives intersect through the 714 Market Street • Suite 100 • Philadelphia PA 19106 institutionalization of children with a developmental Phone: 718-803-3782 Email: [email protected] disability. The Not Home Documentary DVD and Companion www.newmobility.com Book are now on sale at NotHomeDocumentary.com New Mobility magazine covers active wheelchair life and provides vital resources for participating fully in relationships, NSCIA, a program of United Spinal sexuality, recreation, travel, family, home, creativity, education Association ...... 519 and employment. Current information on technology and 75-20 Astoria Blvd. • Suite 120 • East Elmhurst NY 11370 disability rights – as well as timely and exclusive online Phone: 800-962-9629 Email: [email protected] content – keeps readers on the cutting edge of life on wheels. www.spinalcord.org NSCIA enables people with spinal cord injury and No Limits - Adaptive Climbing Wall ...... 631 disease (SCI/D) to achieve the highest possible levels of independence, health, and overall quality of life. 11983 Snowpeak Way • Truckee CA 96161 Membership is FREE to individuals interested in SCI/D Phone: 530-582-1135 Fax: 530-582-1199 Email: [email protected] www.hdis.com and includes a digital subscription to Life in Action and No Limits Adaptive Climbing Wall sponsored by; HDIS, a monthly e-newsletter with member benefits and timely Home Delivery Incontinent Supplies Co Adaptive climbing events. NSCIA also partners with numerous SCI/D is not just for the experienced athlete. This activity is for Rehab Hospitals, organizations and business members anyone, including those with disabilities, who have the serving the SCI/D community. desire to explore and try something different. Renown climber Mark Wellman will be present to share his Permobil ...... 401, 407 innovative climbing techniques and adaptive sports gear. 300 Duke Dr. • Lebanon TN 37090 Anyone with a disability can participate. It's safe and fun! Phone: 800-736-0925 Email: [email protected] To learn about about HDIS visit www.hdis.com. Permobil has led the industry for over 45 years with rugged, dependable, comfortable, custom-built personal Noble Learning Resource Center, Shepherd mobility systems. Permobil is one of the most respected Center ...... 117 names in power wheelchairs, and its reputation is 2020 Peachtree Rd. NW, • Atlanta GA 30309 synonymous with innovation. Permobil chairs offer Phone: 404-350-7473 Fax: 404-350-7736 features that can be customized to an individual's needs. Email: [email protected] Features that provide new levels of independence for www.shepherd.org/resources adults and children with a wide range of disabilities. The NLRC seeks to provide quality health information resources to consumers. MedlinePlus is an excellent Pride Mobility ...... 501 consumer information website along with resources from the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library and Georgia 182 Susquehanna Ave. • Exeter PA 18643 Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services in order to Phone: 800-800-8586 Fax: 570-883-4195 enrich personal health education. This project has been Email: [email protected] www.quantumrehab.com funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Quantum Rehab, a division of Pride Mobility Products NLM, NIH, DHHS, under contract # HHS-N-376-2011- Corp., designs and manufactures high-end, complex 00004-C with the University of Maryland Baltimore. rehab equipment that provides unique solutions for individuals with comprehensive needs. The company’s Not Home Documentary ...... 319 Q6 Power Chair Series delivers unmatched performance and offers optimal adaptability. With available seating 1233 The Plaza #9333 • Charlotte NC 28299 and advanced electronics options like TRU-Balance Phone: 404-405-1229 Email: [email protected] Power Positioning Systems, Q-Logic Drive Control NotHomeDocumentary.com System, and Synergy Cushions and Backs, Quantum Not Home: A documentary about kids living in nursing Rehab provides total rehab solutions. facilities is a 99-minute feature documentary that focuses on
www.abilitiesexpo.com 29 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Project Walk Atlanta Inc...... 616 were able to assist several people with projects during the last quarter of 2011 and will be hosting a similar program this year. Our program description and application is on 1755 Grassland • Pkwy Ste.B • Alpharetta GA 30004 Phone: 770-722-4239 Email: [email protected] our website at www.ralphbraunfoundation.org You can www.projectwalkatlanta.org/ sign up for our newsletter on the website and stay Project Walk is internationally recognized as a pioneer in informed and support the Foundation. exercise-based recovery for individuals with Spinal Cord Injury. Since 1999 Project Walk has spent over 250,000 Redman Power Chairs ...... 613 1601 S. Pantano • Pkwy #107 • Tucson AZ 85710 hours working with Spinal Cord Injuried clients from Phone: 800-727-6684 Fax: 520-546-5530 around the world. It is this knowledge and experience Email: [email protected] coupled with our ambitious research that makes our Imagine the Freedom-Drive, Tilt, and Stand in the program unlike any others. Visit us at ProjectWalkAtlanta.org Redman® Chief 107ZRX Power Standing Wheelchair. or Facebook us at Project Walk Atlanta. With its smaller footprint the 107 ZRX provides the end user with a tailor made wheelchair of superior quality Quadriciser Corp...... 328 and is hand built to your exact specifications in the 6624 Central Ave. Pk. • Knoxville TN 37912 U.S.A. The result is a power chair that moves you in a Phone: 865-689-5003 Fax: 865-689-8956 Email: [email protected] www.quadriciser.com whole new way; it stands, reclines, tilts and power Like many innovations, the Quadriciser® works simply. elevates your legs effortlessly. Arrange for a test drive, The individual sits in a padded seat (or in their own and find out for yourself why so many users choose wheelchair as one model allows) while the feet and Redman Power Chair. lower legs are supported in separate cradles. The hands Restorative Therapies, Inc...... 509 grasp handles attached to small trapezes (Velcro assist 1434 Fleet Street • Baltimore MD 21231 gloves may be used for those who have difficulty with Phone: 800-609-9166 Fax: 410-878-2466 gripping) while motor driven foot cradles rotate moving Email: [email protected] www.restorative-therapies.com cords and pulleys to create an adjustable, smooth and Restorative Therapies provides the leading functional functional range of motion for all four extremities. electrical stimulation cycle, RT300, with FES cycling for arms & legs with trunk stimulation. No transfer Quickie Sunrise Medical ...... 111 required. Motorized, compact; it’s the only cycle 6899 Winchester Circle • Suite 200 • Boulder CO 80301 suitable for children & adults. And the only one where Phone: 303-218-4463 Email: [email protected] www.sunrisemedical.com you monitor results via the internet. We invest strongly in R&D to deliver high quality products to maximize Quickie®, a brand of Sunrise Medical, features innovative your outcomes and help you meet your goals. Free designs and superior performance across the rigid, software upgrades & reimbursement services are part folding, tilt, sports, and power wheelchair families for of our commitment to you. adult and geriatric users. Zippie® wheelchairs utilize these same concepts in conjunction with growth capability and Rollin' Wear ...... 110 pediatric-specific options. JAY® standard and custom 1904 South Braodway • Rochester MN 55904 seating products feature foam, fluid, and/or air Phone: 651-955-6566 Email: [email protected] www.rollinwear.com technologies, providing postural and functional support and skin protection necessary for all wheelchair users. Rollin’ Wear is a designer, manufacturer and online retailer of stylish, adaptive clothes for wheelchair users. Ralph Braun Foundation (The) ...... 135 Rollin’ Wear adaptive jeans have a “worn in” look and are pre-washed for comfort and style with a soft, “well- 631 W. 11th St. • Winamac IN 46996 used” feel. The jeans rise higher in the rear waist and Phone: 574-946-6153 Fax: 574-946-2344 lower front waist for comfort while sitting and have flat Email: [email protected] seams on the rear with no hardware. Products are only The Ralph Braun Foundation is in its second year of available online from the company’s website operation as an organization dedicated to assisting folks (www.rollinwear.com). with purchasing mobility transportation equipment. We
30 Serving the Community Since1979 The National Spinal Cord Injury Association has numerous chapters and peer support groups throughout the country. Individual membership is free and open to individuals with spinal cord injuries or disorders, family members, caregivers and professionals. Member bene ts include: * Connections to chapters and local resources * Peer support * Speak one on one with SCI experts
* Bi-monthly member publication* Discounts on NEW MOBILITY and Spinal Network * Monthly e-newsletter * Legislative alerts * Advocacy tNFNCFSTIJQ!TQJOBMDPSEPSH
As a member receive Life in Action, Visit us at Booth #519 our free bi-monthly digital publication to learn more !! www.spinalcord.org
#BBTTFUUTTFUU 7"t "t EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
SCI Total Fitness ...... 108 industry on how to meet the needs of people with 7105 Marina Pacifica Dr. South • Long Beach CA 90803 disabilities and the mature traveler, as well as reaching Phone: 562-645-6348 Email: [email protected] out to the consumer to assist in their travel. SATH has a www.scitotalfitness.com well-established record in representing the interests of SCI Total Fitness offers a better way to workout with it's persons with disabilities. Look us up on Facebook ( online exercise program! Our workouts come to you, on facebook.com/sathtravel ) Twitter ( sathtweets) and your schedule! Get 2 new routines every week from LinkedIn your home computer. We are designed to empower individuals to take control of their wellbeing and Southeastern Adaptive Scullers-Atlanta improve quality of life, whether by increasing Rowing Club ...... 235 independence, improving performance, decreasing 500 Azalea Dr. • Roswell GA 30075 pain, or losing weight. Email: [email protected] www.adaptivesculling.org The Atlanta Rowing Club has offered a rowing Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 experience to the community of Atlanta since 1974. 5229 NW 108th Ave. • Sunrise FL 33351 Today, the club looks forward to extending membership Phone: 954-747-3188 Fax: 954-747-3189 Email: [email protected] www.TAOS1.com to individuals with disabilities through the Southeastern TAOS ORTHOTIC WALKER:TAOS (Therapeutic Adaptive Scullers (SEAS). Our programs will introduce Ambulatory Orthotic System) is designed to function as terminology and concepts of technique on the indoor an essential aid for children with neuromotor rowing machine before moving to the water in boats. impairments including CP. The TAOS is an orthotic at its For more information, please contact us at core working together with a mobile base providing [email protected] or visit our website at children with a safe, weight bearing, hands free www.adaptivesculling.org. environment. The TAOS is covered 100% by Medicaid Special Equestrians of Georgia ...... 515 and most insurance carriers. EmBrace:Using our new ‘Kool-Mesh’ material we are able to provide a 13185 New Providence Road • Milton GA 30004 Phone: 404-218-4008 Fax: 770-521-0214 compression with an incredibly breathable material. Email: [email protected] www.specialequestriansofgeorgia.org SleepSafe Beds, LLC ...... 213 The mission of Special Equestrians of Georgia,a 501(c) 3629 Reed Creek Dr. • Bassett VA 24055 Phone: 866-852-2337 Fax: 276-627-0234 non-profit, is to provide a nurturing therapeutic Email: [email protected] www.sleepsafebed.com environment using the positive power of the horse to SleepSafe Beds offer healthcare beds for children or help individuals facing physical, adults with special needs. SleepSafe SAFETY BEDS are emotional,developmental, and mental challenges. It is designed to eliminate entrapment & falls with full length Special Equestrians of GA's goal to provide a supportive safety rails offering up to 36" of protection. Choose the environment that empowers all types of clients and size and foundation that's just right for you. Each bed riders through equine assisted activities to reach their comes with a premium memory foam mattress. Standard full potential. shipping within the continental US. Made in the USA. Statewide Independent Living Council of Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality Georgia, Inc...... 216 (SATH) ...... 115 315 West Ponce de Leon Ave. • Suite 600 • Decatur GA 30030 Phone: 770-270-6860 Email: [email protected] 347 5th Ave. • Ste.605 • New York NY 10016 www.silcga.org Phone: 212-447-7284 Fax: 212-447-1928 Email: [email protected] www.sath.org The mission of Georgia’s IL Program is to promote a Founded in 1976, SATH is a non-profit (501(c)3) philosophy of independent living, including a educational membership organization whose mission is philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self- to educate all areas of the travel, tourism and hospitality help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and systems advocacy, to maximize the leadership,
32 Serving the Community Since1979 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS empowerment, independence and productivity of neck pain, headaches and pain from injuries > Reduces individuals with significant disabilities , and to promote stress from mental, emotional & physical stresses of and maximize the integration and full inclusion of daily life > Increases oxygen and nutrient flow - boosts individuals with significant disabilities into the energy > Improves circulation - flushes toxin > mainstream of American society. Increases range of motion. SureHands Lift & Care Systems ...... 412 The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation 982 County Route 1 • Pine Island NY 10969-1205 ...... 323 Phone: 845-258-6500 Fax: 845-258-6705 636 Morris Turnpike Suite 3A • Short Hills NJ 07078 Email: [email protected] www.surehands.com Phone: 973-467-8270 Email: [email protected] SUREHANDS LIFT & CARE SYSTEMS offer exceptional www.paralysis.org solutions for the private and professional markets. The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation provides Private consumers enjoy the flexibility and versatility of FREE information services to individuals and their a wide range of lifting options and accessories. families affected by paralysis. Professionals like the quality and accessibility of portable and fixed systems. SUREHANDS® Body The Lived Experience of Individuals Using Support and slings are designed to maximize abilities and function. Our goal is to provide new and reliable lift Mobility Related AT Devices, Belmont & transfer systems that increase bodily comfort and University ...... 621 quality of life of the user. 1900 Belmont Blvd. • Nashville TN 37212 Phone: 615-618-7870 Email: [email protected] Survey on Hotel Accommodations for We want your voice to be heard! Students from Wheelchair Users- Belmont Occupational Belmont University's Occupational Therapy Doctorate Therapy Program ...... 418 Program are conducting a study on the lived experience 1900 Belmont Blvd. • Nashville TN 37212 of individuals who use mobility-related assistive Phone: 708-846-1505 Email: [email protected] technology devices (wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, Survey on Hotel Accommodations for Wheelchair etc.). Please stop by our booth to complete a short Users- Belmont Occupational Therapy Program survey and answer a couple of questions regarding your experience related to mobility device usage. Teleflex ...... 424 2917 Weck Drive • Durham NC 27709 Phone: 866-246-6990 Email: [email protected] Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 www.teleflex.com 512 Means St. Suite 250 • Atlanta GA 30318 Teleflex is a global provider of medical products Phone: 800-497-8665 Email: [email protected] designed to enable healthcare providers to protect www.gatfl.org against infections and improve patient and provider Tools for Life, Georgia's Assistive Technology Act safety. The company specializes in products and Program, increases access to and acquisition of services for vascular access, respiratory, general and regional anesthesia, cardiac care, urology and surgery. assistive technology devices and services for Georgians Teleflex also provides specialty products for device of all ages and disabilities to live, learn, work, and play manufacturers. ARROW ®, DEKNATEL ®, GIBECK ®, in communities of their choice. Services are given by HUDSON RCI ®, KMEDIC ®, PILLING ®, PLEUR-EVAC the TFL Network, which provide access to Assistive ®, RUSCH ®, SHERIDAN ®, TAUT ®, WECK ® Technology Assessments, Lending Libraries, Demonstrations, Training, AT Reuse and Funding Teresa Coachman Massage Therapy ...... 628 Resources and Education. Contact us at www.gatfl.org 925 Mainstreet Lake Dr. • Stone Mountain GA 30088 or 800-497-8665 to get started today! Phone: 404-784-8790 Email: [email protected] MASSAGE THERAPY & BODYWORKS "TOUCH FOR A BETTER LIFE'" Benefits of Massage > Reduces back &
www.abilitiesexpo.com 33 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS Expo Sponsors are shaded in yellow.
Touch the Future ...... 221 US Power Soccer Association ...... 234 1336 Via Latina • Carpinteria CA 93013 1456 McLendon Dr. • Suite A • Decatur GA 30033 Phone: 805-636-4252 Email: [email protected] Phone: 770-934-8432 Fax: 770-934-8433 www.powersoccerusa.org Email: [email protected] www.touchthefuture.us Touch the Future, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit The United States Power Soccer Association is the organization that provides individuals who are disabled, governing body for power soccer in the US and is one seniors, qualified Veterans or from disadvantaged of the few sports that serves athletes in power communities with Computers, Durable Medical wheelchairs. Power Soccer is the fastest growing Equipment, and Assistive Technology (AT) through our adaptive sport across the world and is currently programs and services. Touch the Future is home of A working its way towards becoming a Parolympic sport. LINK, ReBoot™, Regained Mobility,and the PAW Center- Twenty-two states are currently represented in the Paralympic Sports Club & Miracle League. We are A association, with over 60 teams in the country, we are LINK to independent living and Touch the Future of lives continuing to grow and reach out to all those who can each day. www.touchthefuture.us benefit from this great sport. UsersFirst, a program of United Spinal Toyota Mobility ...... 101 Association ...... 519 4431 Corporate Center Dr. • Ste.101 • Los Alamitos CA 90720 Phone: 714-401-9136 Fax: 714-226-0530 75-20 Astoria Blvd. • Suite 120 • East Elmhurst NY 11370 Email: [email protected] Phone: 718-803-3782 Email: [email protected] Toyota Mobility provides a cash reimbursement of up to www.usersfirst.org $1,000 to customers who purchase a new Toyota, Scion UsersFirst’s mission is to empower and amplify the or Lexus vehicle then install approved mobility voice of consumers with disabilities and maximize our equipment. Stop by our booth for reimbursement independence in the community. UsersFirst provides details and to see the latest in mobility solutions from education and guidance through the process of Toyota, including the 2013 Auto Access Seat Sienna and acquiring the most appropriate mobility equipment; the latest VMI Sienna Northstar conversion for builds a grassroots network of consumers, clinicians wheelchair access. and others who believe that people with disabilities should have access to appropriate products and United Spinal Association ...... 519 services; and challenges policies that limit opportunities for people with disabilities. 75-20 Astoria Blvd • Suite 120 • East Elmhurst NY 11370 Phone: 718-803-3782 Email: [email protected] www.unitedspinal.org/ Vehicle Production Group LLC ...... 601 1395 BrickellAve. • Suite 630 • Miami FL 33131 United Spinal Association’s mission is to improve the Phone: 786-230-2106 Email: [email protected] quality of life of all people living with spinal cord injuries The Vehicle Production Group (VPG), a Florida based and disorders (SCI/D). Today, United Spinal is the US automotive company, designs, manufactures, largest non-profit organization dedicated to helping markets, and distributes the MV-1, the first mobility people living with SCI/D. We are committed to providing vehicle engineered from the ground up for enhanced active-lifestyle information, peer support and advocacy accessibility. Additional details regarding the company that empower individuals to achieve their highest or the MV-1 including its pricing, specifications, and potential in all facets of life. available options can be found at the company’s web University of Kansas ...... 228 site at www.vpgautos.com. 113 Tumbleweed Dr. • Lawrence KS 66049 Phone: 785-766-3744 Email: [email protected]
34 Serving the Community Since1979 EXHIBITOR LISTINGS
VSA Arts of Georgia, Inc...... 132 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers .329 57 Forsyth Street NW R1 • Atlanta GA 30303 4439 Depot Ridge Ct. • Buford GA 30518 Phone: 404-221-1270 Email: elizabeth.labbe- Phone: 404-416-1826 [email protected] www.VSAartsGA.org Email: [email protected] www.wizkidztech.org Original artwork crafted and displayed by adults with WizKidz stives to increase the STEM pipeline for disabilities. We are a full-fledged art gallery presenting students with disabilities by collaborating with key work from our constituents and we partner with universities and industry professionals. In collaboration organizations who have fully operational studio spaces with Dr. Ayanna Howard and the Human-Automation for the artists to complete their art. Through art we Systems Lab at the Georgia Institute of Technology, provide the tools necessary for overcoming the WizKidz co-founded "AroPability"- a robotics and physical, emotional, educational, cultural, language, and computing initiative that introduces STEM to disabled financial barriers to full inclusion. youth. WizKidz is the founding organization for "Project S.T.E.A.D.Y"- the Science, Technology, Engineering Wheelchair Repair Area ...... 623 Academy for Disabled Youth.
Our mission is to empower and amplify the voice of consumers Wheelchair accessible parking with disabilities and maximize our independence in the community. Wheelchair accessible restrooms The stronger our voice, the more influence we have! Wheelchair?
Join, Donate and Push for More! WWW.USERSFIRST.ORG
www.abilitiesexpo.com 35 PRODUCT CATEGORIES
Apparel/Accessories Holdem-hidem ...... 112 3 E Love ...... 100 National Seating & Mobility ...... 414 Downs Designs ...... 627b Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Marquetta Johnson ...... 130 Touch the Future ...... 221 Rollin' Wear ...... 110 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 VSA Arts of Georgia, Inc...... 132 Deaf / Hard of Hearing Products Assistive Technology Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 GACHI/GATEDP ...... 615 Center for Financial Independence & Innovation ...... 214 Georgia Relay ...... 129 Columbia Medical ...... 212 Touch the Future ...... 221 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Durable Medical Equipment Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) ...... 128 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Georgia Relay ...... 129 Embraced ...... 315 Kempf, Inc ...... 335 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Touch the Future ...... 221 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Assoc./Service Orgs/Gov. Agencies Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission ...... 622 Touch the Future ...... 221 Emosah Foundation ...... 215 Education/School enAble of Georgia ...... 617 Noble Learning Resource Center, Shepherd Center .....117 National Ataxia Foundation ...... 125 Belmont Occupational Therapy Program ...... 418 Touch the Future ...... 221 The Lived Experience of Individuals Using Mobility Related Bathroom Equipment AT Devices, Belmont University ...... 621 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Touch the Future ...... 221 Columbia Medical ...... 212 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 Embraced ...... 315 Gifts Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation ...... 415 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Holdem-hidem ...... 112 Beds/Furnishings/Accessories Lorrin's World ...... 630 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Marquetta Johnson ...... 130 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 VSA Arts of Georgia, Inc...... 132 Books Home Medical Equipment Accident & Disability Attorneys of Monge & Associates ...... 413 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Lorrin's World ...... 630 Columbia Medical ...... 212 Embraced ...... 315 Cars/Vans/Conversions/Accessories Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Born Free RV ...... 606 Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 513 Kempf, Inc ...... 335 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 MobilityWorks - Atlanta ...... 618 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Vehicle Production Group LLC ...... 601 SleepSafe Beds, LLC ...... 213 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Daily Living Aids Touch the Future ...... 221 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 Hospital Columbia Medical ...... 212 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Ellura ...... 114 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Embraced ...... 315 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Legal Services Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) ...... 128 Accident & Disability Attorneys of Monge & Associates ...... 413
36 Serving the Community Since1979 PRODUCT CATEGORIES
Low Vision Products Seating/Positioning Systems/Accessories Georgia Radio Reading Service (GaRRS) ...... 128 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Columbia Medical ...... 212 Touch the Future ...... 221 Freedom Concepts Inc...... 529 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Nutritional Products National Seating & Mobility ...... 414 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Quickie Sunrise Medical ...... 111 Ellura ...... 114 Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Orthotics/Prosthetics Skin Care Products Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Sports Equipment/Services Embraced ...... 315 BlazeSports America ...... 619 Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Emosah Foundation ...... 215 Patient Lifts/Elevators Holdem-hidem ...... 112 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Southeastern Adaptive Scullers-Atlanta Rowing Club ..235 Touch the Future ...... 221 Pediatric Equipment Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Therapy Columbia Medical ...... 212 Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Embraced ...... 315 Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation ...... 415 Freedom Concepts Inc...... 529 Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Quickie Sunrise Medical ...... 111 Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 513 Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Integrative Hyperbaric Centers ...... 513 Touch the Future ...... 221 Project Walk Atlanta Inc...... 616 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Personal Care Products/Services Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Special Equestrians of Georgia ...... 515 Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 Teresa Coachman Massage Therapy ...... 628 Ellura ...... 114 enAble of Georgia ...... 617 Travel Services Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 MARTA - Metropolitan Altanta Rapid Transit Authority 639 Publications Walkers/Accessories National Ataxia Foundation ...... 125 Embraced ...... 315 Wizkidz Science and Technology Centers ...... 329 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Ramps Sky Medical, Inc...... 507 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 Rehabilitative Care Wheelchairs/Accessories Children's Healthcare of Atlanta ...... 627a Advanced Medical Group ...... 516 Cindy Donald Dreams of Recovery Foundation ...... 415 Ellura ...... 114 Click It Hot Packs ...... 104 Embraced ...... 315 Embraced ...... 315 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Mobility Lifter ...... 218 Hill-Rom-Liko ...... 428 Quadriciser Corp...... 328 Howe and Howe Technologies ...... 517 Residential Programs Mobility Lifter ...... 218 enAble of Georgia ...... 617 National Seating & Mobility ...... 414 Quickie Sunrise Medical ...... 111 Scooters/Accessories Redman Power Chairs ...... 613 Friends of Disabled Adults & Children, Too! ...... 429 Tools for Life - Georgia's AT Program ...... 620 National Seating & Mobility ...... 414
www.abilitiesexpo.com 37 Wishes to thank our
Serving the Community Since1979 Sponsors
Platinum
—————— –––– —–– ———— –––––– —————————— Organizational ——— –––––– —— –– —–––– ——————————————
Teresa Coachman Massage Therapy
—— –– ———— –––––– —— ––––– ———————————————— Media ————— ––––––– —––––––– ————————————————
AT Pavilion A r t i s t s Market
Show Decorator Scooter Loaner Wheelchair Repair Pavilion
Wheelchair Junkie
2013 SCOOTER RENTAL 2013 SPONSOR SPONSOR C400 C300 C350 C500
M300
Shuttle Sponsor
NO MATTER HOW YOU ROLL—whether it’s in and offers infi nite adjustments for a custom fi t. The a front-, mid- or rear-wheel drive power wheelchair— armrests feature built-in channels for cable routing, you can now enjoy the advantages of the revolutionary greatly reducing the need for messy wire ties; while the Corpus 3G seating system. legrests are curved for better support. Available on the power wheelchair bases shown The revolutionary Corpus 3G seating system… above, the Corpus 3G follows the contours of the body BROUGHT TO YOU ONLY BY PERMOBIL.
See more @ permobil.com Follow us.