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This article will explore the use of powered door operators to make equipment or “garage” entrances to work places and outbuildings accessible to people with disabilities. There is no reason a person who can enter and exit their home with ease should be shut out of the workshop.
Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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Tradeshow and Conference!
October 20-24, 2014 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
Rome wasn’t built in a day. You clear land by cutting down one tree at a time. How do you decide what tool to modify when there are thousands of tools in the shop?
I love summer weather, but when there are multiple mornings with temperatures in the 40’s and frost alerts, I know fall is coming. I kick into high gear finishing all those projects can’t be done in ice and snow. If I prepare so diligently for the unavoidable cold weather that fall brings, can I take the warnings seriously about another fall that is preventable?
Why do we need both assistive technology and physical therapy? At Disability Work Tools our focus is on assistive tools and devices to help a worker with a disability overcome physical limitations. Physical therapists are experts in improving mobility and motion. With AT and PT together, there is a formula for success in the workplace for people with disabilities!
Jim suffered health problems that resulted in him using a wheelchair for mobility. His house was built with three levels, and he needed access to the upper floor for the main living space. Some friends he knew through the tractorbynet.com forum lent a helping hand to lift Jim into his house. DWT follows the same mind, working to encourage and help people with disabilities access tools they need to do the work they love.
Tradesmen with conditions of the spinal cord such as spinal muscular atrophy or traumatic injury rely heavily on assistive technology to accomplish necessary tasks. Mobility around the worksite and accessing the work station are two major barriers to be addressed. Solutions for those working on rough terrain vary from all-terrain power wheelchairs to large 4-wheel-drive pickup trucks to heavy-duty 3-wheel scooters.
Tradesmen who work with their hands can be more prone to injury by the very nature of their labor. They use heavy tools, sharp tools, high-speed tools, and work long hours in adverse weather with repeating motions. Arthritis can be caused or worsened by these factors, and work site injuries are always a threat. In addition, they face the same probabilities as the general population of automobile accidents or diseases such as cancer, stroke and heart disease. Disability Work Tools is ready to help any worker get back to work, regardless of the cause of his disability!
Here is an opportunity you won’t want to miss! From July 22-24 in East Lansing, Michigan, workers with disabilities can test drive a heavy-equipment manlift and an all-terrain Action Track Wheelchair and learn about working on the job with arthritis. Michigan State University Ag Expo offers this great chance for heavy equipment operators with arthritis.