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A Jagged Gorgeous Winter
By Jen Gosett, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff December is one of my favorite months! There are lots of holidays and (it seems like) more opportunities to celebrate together with friends & family. The holiday I enjoy celebrating the most during this month is Yule. Yule, also known as the Winter Solstice, is celebrated today &…
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Continued Universal Design of Products I love gadgets and technology that make life easier. Some of the items we’ve added to our house recently are the Amazon Echo and Smart Plugs. My husband has difficulty with fine motor control and balance. We tried other options like a touch lamp and motion detection. Coming into a…
Read MoreAll I want for Christmas is some new AT (And I want to share this other article too)
By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Team Member This year for Christmas, I am asking for the Fisher Wallace Stimulator device. I heard about it from my therapist. According the website, it uses electrical impulses to stimulate the brain to produce more serotonin and melatonin while reducing cortisol. It can be used for depression, anxiety, and…
Read MoreThe Little Things
All my life, I have had a fine motor coordination problem with my hands. My cursive writing is illegible. When I was in Catholic elementary school the nuns made me practice my cursive for an hour every day for an entire school year before concluding that I simply couldn’t improve. My printing is only somewhat better,…
Read MoreAll I Want For Christmas is My Two AT
By MATP Staff Laura Hall Dear Santa, Can you believe another year has gone by? I’ve spent another great year working with the Michigan Assistive Technology Program. I hope it brings a twinkle to your eye to know that we’ve helped people with disabilities learn about and acquire some great AT though our demo and…
Read More‘Tis the Season for Cheer and Chills, Family and Fevers, and Gifts and Ginger Ale
By Jen Gosett, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff Recently, a virus swept through my house and left my partner and me in slow recovery mode. As I think about how we got through the worst of it, I now realize that Assistive Technology definitely made the process better. After years of apartment living, my partner and…
Read MoreThankful for Assistive Technology
By MATP Staffer Laura Hall As Thanksgiving approaches, I see friends and family creating daily gratitude posts on social media. It’s a lovely idea, and although I am grateful for many things, I just don’t have the forethought to post every day. However, writing this post close to the holiday has led me to think…
Read MoreWeighed Down for Better Sleep
By Aimee Sterk, LMSW, MATP Staff I have a long history of battling insomnia. Lately, I have been having even more problems sleeping following a series of life traumas and increased anxiety. My therapist suggested trying a weighted blanket. I had previously heard of weighted blankets as calming options for people on the Autism Spectrum.…
Read MoreMusic is my Assistive Technology
By Jen Gosett, BS, CTRS, MATP Staff How often do you listen to music? Do you turn it on when you wake up? Do you listen in the car/transit as you head to work & go about your day? Is it on when you’re in the shower? When you’re doing chores? While working out? Maybe…
Read MoreThe Coolest Halloween Costumes Include AT!
By MATP Staffer Laura Hall I have to admit, this is my favorite blog post of the year. For the past few years, each Halloween, I have written a blog that features Halloween costumes that incorporate mobility devices and other AT into them. Every year I find costumes that are more innovative than the year…
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