Equipment
Barrier Free Initiative
Everyone that is disabled runs into situations where we cannot find a place to park or because of stairs, broken elevator, extra doors or other impediment cannot access a business or public building. Most large companies are getting better about making it easy for the disabled to get into the store by removing all stairs [...]
The deaf community and emergency responders
SCRN has spent a tremendous amount of time trying to get the disabled on the same standing as those with no disabilities. To be honest we did not get very far because most of the folks in power were not disabled and higher management didn’t care what happened as long as bad press wasn’t generated. [...]
Recall of Accusure Insulin Syringes
For those that use syringes please look and see if this recall effects you. Below is the notice from the company that produces the syringes.
Qualitest Pharmaceuticals and FDA notified patients and healthcare professionals of a voluntary nationwide recall of two lots of Accusure Insulin Syringes. The syringes in these lots have been found to have needles which [...]
Two hospitals decide to upgrade disability accessibility
In an amazing agreement, two Boston hospitals have agreed to make it easier to gain access to the hospitals and would train workers that have been either indifferent or openly hostile to the disabled. They also agreed to remove physical barriers that made it impossible to get into some of the hospital wards or bathrooms [...]
UK patients live in agony so government saves money
While the United States decides whether to allow the government to control medical care, we see yet another potential disaster come from the UK. The drug rationing watchdog has arbitrarily forced doctors to stop giving patients steroids to stop pain in patients where their pain cause is unknown. Drugs such as cortisone have been widely [...]
New shelf system for paraplegics
Anyone living with others runs into issues of where things are put on shelves. If the shelf is near you it is relatively easy to grab what you need. But if the shelf is higher than you good luck trying to access something on that shelf.
Brain controlled wheelchair displayed
Toyota displayed a brain controlled wheelchair in Japan. The car company has been working on man kinds of control systems for their cars and this came out of a research group within the car company. The heart of the system is a computer that runs a special program called a neural network. Neural nets have [...]
New cathetor bag connector
From time to time we run across a new product that we find so useful that we do a writeup on it. The Bioderm bladder control systems definitely fit into the writeup criteria. This company has developed a product that connects directly to the top of the male genitalia. A nighttime bag or day bag [...]
Computer-brain interface to give limb movement back
Scientists at the Massachusetts General Hospital are in a pilot program to attach a computer to the brain of a patient with spinal cord injuries. The computer can interpret signals from the brain and then move either a mechanical arm and hand, or move the arm and hand of the individual. This is still very [...]
North Wales train stations unfit for disabled
Only 45% of stations are fully usable by someone in a wheelchair, and 83% are completely understaffed. These are truly terrifying statistics for those that get around by a wheelchair and want to use the train. If someone were to get off at one of these stations the could be stranded there until the next [...]
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