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Living in Michigan or travelling through? Interested in seeing the latest agricultural technology and ideas? Visit the Michigan Ag Expo from July 16th through July 18th by the campus of Michigan State University (go Spartans – my alma mater) Here’s a few things that will be going on:
The Rolling Shop Stool is a great asset around the shop
when you are working in a sitting position for extended periods of time
and want to move around without constantly
getting up and moving your seat.
You can just roll to where you need to be.
Years ago, if a truck driver became disabled, his trucking career was most likely over. Today, things have greatly improved for disabled drivers, so that most can continue working. New technology and tools along with new laws and attitudes have made things better for those truckers.
It’s summertime, so it’s a good time for a little refresher on chainsaw operating safety.
To follow up our earlier blog, we are introducing ourselves here at DWT. Last week’s blog detailed how Ned Stoller caught the vision for enabling disabled workers to continue in their professions. For the past 16 years, Ned has been hard at work trying to help folks, and usually succeeding. One of his favorite stories is
Hello from Disability Work Tools! It has been awhile since we’ve introduced ourselves and what we are all about……..
Do you have outside work that needs to get done? Especially stuff that is up high? External house walls, gutters, tree trimming? I don’t know about you, but I cannot……..
Well. maybe you didn’t have this in mind!
Baby Boomers. The aging of the workforce.
Many of you fit this category. A baby boomer (as many of you know) is someone born between 1946 and 1964. We have all heard about the aging of the workforce and the impending arrival of the baby boomers into …..
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Sometimes that is one of the words in our vocabulary as disabled people that we deplore. If you are wheelchair bound, or are short a leg or arm, have arthritis in your knees, or just aren’t strong enough to grab hold of something and pull yourself up.
Let’s look at some situations where you might have a task or job you want to do but are unable to do so because of access limitations:
Most of us are already well on our way to getting ready for spring planting. Equipment is out, cleaned and greased, and just waiting for dry ground. One thing is for sure, in the spring everyone, from the small family farm to the mega agribusiness, has to wait until conditions are right.
I know for me, one of the best things about spring is the many smells that fill the air. Fresh tilled dirt