{"id":274,"date":"2011-10-25T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=274"},"modified":"2011-11-28T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T19:56:24","slug":"tech-tip-tuesday-10252011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.equipmentlink.org\/blog\/?p=274","title":{"rendered":"Featured AT"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, MD TAP will be taking part in the MDA’s Annual Make A Muscle conference. We’re looking forward to sharing more tidbits about our presentation in an upcoming post this week, but thought it might be interesting to share a few AT items in our lab\u00a0that could be useful to those with MD.<\/p>\n

And if you’re intersted in\u00a0seeing or trying any of these devices,\u00a0contact\u00a0us at 1-800-832-4827 or \u00a0mdtap@mdtap.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Pour\u00a0Thing\u00a0<\/strong>– An easy-to-use pouring assistant, the Pour Thing holds both gallon and quart bottles, making it easy to tilt forward to pour a drink without having to put stress or strain on the hand, wrist and\u00a0arm.<\/p>\n

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The Telestik Reacher<\/strong> – The Telestick reacher can come individually or in a dual stick, allowing the user to extend the device to pick up paper (with a sticky pad that leaves to residue on the items it lifts), a pointer to pull things closer, and a magnet that can lift up to one pound. Though it doesn’t include a grab claw (as most people are familiar with) this reacher enables users to pick up items that may not be possible to access with a more traditional reacher.<\/p>\n

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Speak4Use<\/strong> – A voice-activated environmental control unit, Speak4Use was\u00a0designed to enable vision and mobility\u00a0impairement\u00a0to interact with their computer and control their environment, entertainment and computer applications with simple conversational voice commands.<\/p>\n

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