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Spinal Cord Impairment Job Solutions
Can a Tradesman Really Work With This Condition?
Heavy Equipment Operator Demonstration
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.
Lawn Care With One Arm Behind My Back!
Mike Edighoffer has operated a lawn care and leaf collection business with one arm since 2002. He employs a full time helper during summer and fall when work is busiest. He owns a full line of modern and well maintained lawn care equipment including two joystick-controlled zero-turn mowers, backpack leaf blowers, line trimmers and a Trac-Vac leaf collection system. A full-size pickup truck and trailer are used to transport equipment to the 30+ job sites where work is done.
Every Person Has Equal Value
Assistive Technology Professional Training
DisabilityWorkTools is committed to having professional staff in the field of assistive technology. Ned Stoller, the owner of DisabilityWorkTools is a certified Assistive Technology Professional through RESNA, and has a B.S. degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Purdue University.
Aging On The Job
Gripping Story For Arthritic Hands
This could sound like a temper tantrum, but it’s not. This is a tradesman in his shop or on the work site getting the job done in spite of impaired grip strength. Sometimes…