by Ned Stoller Ned Stoller

Disability Work Tools in the Beginning

Personal Assistive Technology Consultation has been one of the top 3 goals of DisabilityWorkTools.com from the beginning, because it is the conviction the Lord placed on my heart in the beginning.  In 1997 I was graduating from Purdue University with a degree in Agricultural Engineering and desired to work directly with people.  I did not want to sit in a cubicle designing pistons, I wanted to…

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Find A Trade That Matches Your Abilities

Ladder on semi truck trailer so workers can climb easier.

Is it reasonable for a person with severe visual impairments to operate high-tolerance machines to manufacture parts with a lathe and mill?  Would that be a good recommendation?

 

Skilled tradesmen with disabling conditions can search for the best and worst trades for their specific abilities.  The O*NET program is the nation’s primary source of occupational information. Central to the project is the O*NET database, containing information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.

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Mow your own grass with Hand Control Levers!

Lawnmower with hand lever on the foot pedal.Can’t get a job?  Work to your potential and mow your own yard!  Hand Control Levers allow workers with lower extremity impairments to control equipment foot pedals (such as brakes and clutch) by hand. Most brakes and clutches are controlled by foot pedals, preventing workers with lower extremity impairments to operate the equipment. Hand Control Levers are bolted onto foot pedals of lawnmowers.

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Yes, We Do Assistive Technology Assessments

Ned Stoller from Disability Work Tools performing a work site assistive technology assessment for a truck driver with an injured leg.Assistive technology assessments help individual workers determine which assistive technologies and strategies will improve their functioning on the job in spite of a disabling condition.  We assess: a) the required activities to successfully perform a job, b) the human factors of the worker, and c) the environment in which the work will be done.  Without an assistive technology assessment, a worker and his employer will not be aware of the many ways to make a tradesman’s worksite accessible to a person with a disability.

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The 12 Months of 2015

What will life be like for workers with disabilities in 2015?  If they can do all this work, so can you!  How do you finish these tasks?  


In January, they will need to clean snow off the roof (without being able to climb).  In February, they will need to…

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