What Scares You?
Most people are afraid of death, but for people with disabilities….not so much. I don’t know about you but as someone with a disability, I have plenty of other fear-inducing things to worry about. And...
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Podcast 94: Jessica Cox – A Motivational Speaker, World’s Only Armless Pilot
In podcast 94, Tiffiny is joined by Jessica Cox, an amazing woman born without arms who’s done stunning things in life, including becoming the world’s first licensed pilot without arms and the only...
View ArticleSpring cleaning – a necessary evil
Dust mites dwelling in cat hair under my bed, a half eaten banana in my fridge, keeping one too many items on my kitchen counter (‘clutter’ apparently), spring cleaning (thanks to help from my mom and...
View ArticleStand For Your Future
Hello my fellow standers, I’d like to introduce myself as this is my first blog for EasyStand. I’m Matthew Tilford and if you are an Easystand Facebook friend, you might remember me from my “standing...
View ArticleHave a Seat? No thanks, I’ll Stand!
I look outside and see the wheelchair that just sits….next to the scooter and the barely used patio set outside the sliding glass door of our townhouse. Further in the scene, is Gunnar, age 2½,...
View ArticleVideo Blog Episode 01: Staying Active After a Spinal Cord Injury
Matthew Tilford discusses how he stays active post-SCI, and offers advice for how those that are newly injured can do the same. The post Video Blog Episode 01: Staying Active After a Spinal Cord...
View ArticleWith Cerebral Palsy, Less Is More
We are residents of Minnesota. But the Thayer family will also live an eternity in Cerebral Palsy Land. That is what I, not-so- lovingly, refer to it as. This world of brain injury we deal with daily....
View ArticleStander or Gait Trainer?
Peanut butter or chocolate? Both! Stander or gait trainer? Both! Perhaps I’m indecisive. Perhaps I’m selfish. Perhaps I just know a good thing when I see it. Unfortunately, as the great philosophers...
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NCART Releases Standing Device Funding Guide
With over hundreds of research studies on standing and weight bearing you would think that both private and public healthcare payer sources would fund Standing Devices without a second thought....
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Physical Therapy Must-Have Equipment: EasyStand Bantam
The Bantam as a Bench Necessity is the mother of using equipment for other than its originally intended purpose. When our Early Childhood Education building was being remodeled, things had to be...
View ArticleFinally! An Indoor/Outdoor Trackchair
A Tank Chair to Take Home to Mom Brand new tankchair technology from NANO-WEB – Nano Optonics Energy – recently showed their UNiMO, a caterpillar-tracked all-terrain wheelchair at the International...
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Perfect Bath Chair for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Rub a dub dub, we all need the tub. Yet for some of us bathing is not an easy task. Children with physical disabilities need to be bathed while still getting a chance to splash and play in the tub just...
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3 Ultimate Wheelchair Dog Walking Solutions
We all know a big part of being a responsible dog owner is taking your dog out for a walk. But it’s not that easy from a seated position, and on four wheels at that. And the fact that most dogs aren’t...
View Article5 Disability Techs Google Should Really Be Investing In
A little over a week ago, Google announced it would be investing $20 million dollars in life-changing disability technologies being created by nonprofits. Making the world more accessible to people...
View ArticleTechnicolor Dreams in a Black and White World
Sometimes I dream of the perfect blog post. And then I wake up. I’ve never been the kind of person to keep a pen and paper by my bedside to write down my nighttime ideas. I should be, but I’m not. I...
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