Michigan's Assistive Technology Program
Assistive
Technology Connections
Volume 9, Issue 2, March 2008
In This Issue:
- Calendar
- AT for Outdoor Winter Sports
- Assistive Technology Exchange Highlighted New Item!
- Subscription Information
Calendar:
- April 3 - 4: Bridges
to Better Advocacy, at the Hilton Garden
Inn in Austin, Texas To provide attorneys, paralegals, and legal advocates
the legal advocacy tools and strategies needed to successfully advocate
for assistive technology (AT) devices and services for individuals
with severe disabilities.
- June 12-14: The
Collaborative Assistive Technology Conference of the Rockies will
be held at the Hyatt Denver Tech Center. Attendees will
learn about local and national perspectives on state-of-the-art assistive technology devices and services. - June 18-20: The 2008 Michigan's Integrated Technology Supports (MITS) Summer Institute will be held at the Hagerty Center on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City.
- June 26 - 30: RESNA 2008 Annual Conference Arlington, VA. An interdisciplinary gathering of individuals and companies who share a common interest in rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology and disability issues in general.
Winter Outdoor Adapted Sports Information
As the snow piles up, getting out of the house becomes more difficult. Cabin fever from being indoors 24/7 is a real issue for everyone. If you live in Michigan, especially the Northern areas, it's good to learn to enjoy our Winter weather. People with disabilities play and compete in a wide range of winter sports such as skiing, sledge hockey, ice skating, snowmobiling, even ski biking (new to me!)... using adapted equipment. To learn more, please visit the following links:
Michigan Adapted Sports
Activities include skiing with trained volunteers who give two-hour lessons most Saturdays in January and February at Pine Knob Ski Resort in Clarkston. Participants can register for one or multiple lessons. The fees are nominal and include a lift ticket, lesson and equipment rental costs. Also, for the past two years they have traveled up north to Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville to offer an exciting day of lessons on more varied terrain. Michigan Adaptive Sports P.O. Box 569 Keego Harbor, MI 48320 Please Call: 248-988-0156.
Northern Michigan Adapted Sports and Recreation Program
The program offers sports and recreational opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Winter activities include dog sledding, ice skating for kids, sled hockey and snow skiing. Please call (231) 935-7351.
Michigan Sports Unlimited, Inc
This program works with Michigan Adaptive Sports and Northern Michigan Adaptive Sports for snow skiing. Michigan Sports Unlimited, INC: 1915 Fordney Street Saginaw, Michigan 48601 Phone: (989) 771-5530
Challenge Mountain
In the hills surrounding Boyne Mountain is another ski area -- Challenge Mountain -- A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the physically impaired, mentally challenged, and at risk youth achieve their maximum potential through outdoor therapeutic recreation. Challenge Mountain of Walloon Hills, Inc. 01158 M-75 South, Boyne City, MI 49712 Lodge: (231) 535-2141 Sue Moody, Executive Director Cellular 231-675-3939
Winter Sports Guide
Ininitec's guide includes links to manufactures of adapted equipment for skiing, sledge hockey, ice skating and snowmobiling:
Highlighted Item on the AT Xchange! http://www.atxchange.org!
Lift Chair, Green, very good condition. Seller is willing to give this item away for free. Listed on December 29, 2007. Niles, Michigan.
The AT Xchange is a new Michigan-based website where people can buy,
sell or give away assistive technology (AT). Do you have a used AT item
in storage that could really help someone who has a disability? It could
be anything from a wheelchair, stair lift, Braille reader, or reacher!
If so, just post a classified ad AT Xchange.org. The Atxchange is open
to vendors who have used equipment for sale also. And don't worry about
cost, ATXchange is a free service!
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