21st Century Rehabiliation Solutions

What’s the #1 Old School Strategy for Negotiating New World Rehabilitation Realties?

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“I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.” Pearl S. Buck # 1. Self-reliance My daughter, Mikelle and I serve on several boards, commissions, committees and councils focused on the future on rehabilitation and special education services. We are […]

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Can Old School Ways Help Us Embrace New World Rehabilitation Realities?

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“One faces the future with one’s past.” Pearl S. Buck So, how’s the IEP (or any other planning) process treating you? Are you excited for the annual meeting or have you been dreading it for weeks? Do you ever really get what you want from an IEP? Most likely your answer is both yes and

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Who Knew Change Requires Teamwork? A Lesson Learned

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In 2007, the use of an online calendar to keep organized made most go “HUH?! – I have a print calendar and agenda right here. It is with me all the time. Why would you make me change the way I do things?” The answer arrives with one word: collaboration. Mikelle Learned’s Fantastic Roommate Team,

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Getting the Most from Assistive Technology: Using the ECO for Texting

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Like most people, Mikelle Learned loves to stay in touch using her cell phone. What used to work was calling her friends, support team members and family using her ECO to chat or leave a voice mail. It was a good use of her  assistive technology enabling her to  fully participate  in her social network until

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Texting With Words For Life And Text Plus App

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What once looked like an expensive blank slate, void of the traditional programs typically loaded on desktop and laptop computers; Mikelle’s iPad has become populated with effective and inexpensive applications. After a somewhat lengthy discovery process, we have found two applications, which Brian Simms, her speech and language therapist, helped Mikelle learn to use. They

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Dell Computers Films Mikelle Learned for New Assistive Technology Program

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  On a Thursday afternoon, a film crew hired by Dell Computers  from Arts + Labor https://www.arts-and-labor.com located in Austin, Texas spilled into our living room to film Mikelle and a few other folks in Denver who are served by Rocky Mountain Human Services www.rockymountainhumanservices.org Dell is jumping into the assistive technology business by providing

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Josh Winkler–The Man to Go To for a Quick Fix

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Sometimes the simplest of things can cause the biggest problems.  Imagine yourself  four wheeling it, casually cruising along the sidewalks of Denver.  Okay, maybe if you count the tiny back wheels, it would be six wheeling it and your steering mechanism fails you. You  crash.  Look down and there is your front wheel laying on

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What if You Could—See What We Hear? 21st Century solutions for people who experience hearing loss.

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Posted by: Sally Richards Media Marketing Consultant 20/20 Captioning and Reporting SRichards2020@aol.com https://www.2020captioning.com/ Imagine for a moment, the soft sounds from the hum of car, hoo hoo from a morning dove, crinkle-crinkle of leaves and splish-splash walking through a puddle. . Sounds are often taken for granted when one is in harmony with a world

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Think Before You Buy! What You Need to Know before You Get an iPad for your Child with Special Needs

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By Brian Simms (Mikelle’s AT Guy!) Colorado Therapy Associates My grandfather always said, “When all else fails…think.” That’s what he told his high school chemistry students up until he retired at the age of 75 and I am reminded of that everyday when I see it written on his desk I inherited when he passed

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