There are plenty of wheelchair options for a child that size. They need to have
him evaluated at a pediatric specialty hospital by the OTs and PTs there who
can recommend something appropriate. Medicaid will typically pay for the chair,
as well as other equipment he might need. The family should
I'm sending this again just in case my last message didn't go through at all
with the pdf file attached:
Months ago, I asked all of you for help with a newsletter that I write for
people who were once patients at our children's rehab hospital. We were
writing a special issue on caregivers and
Hello!
I'm Sue - I'm an OT at a children's rehab hospital. I have a question for you
all about an issue that has arisen with one of my patients.
This young person is a high paraplegic and is currently unable to reach his
anus to do bowel disimpaction. He could do this before, but he had spina
I can send it out on the list or send you a paper copy if you send me a snail
mail address. I'm happy to share!
Sue
From: daa...@aol.com [mailto:daa...@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 2:21 PM
To: wheelch...@aol.com; Berres, Susan J *HS; quad
Hello,
I'm an occupational therapist at a pediatric rehab facility. I've been mostly
lurking on this list for years, picking up great tips and ideas for many of the
SCI patients I treat - many thanks for all the wealth of knowledge you all
share so freely.
I write/edit a newsletter that is se
Oops, wrong team. :)
-Original Message-
From: Berres, Susan J *HS [mailto:sj...@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:35 PM
To: 'greg'; quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Windows 7 Speech Rec
Thanks, everybody! Go, team!
Sue
-Origin
Thanks, everybody! Go, team!
Sue
-Original Message-
From: greg [mailto:g...@eskimo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:25 PM
To: quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: [QUAD-L] Windows 7 Speech Rec
Anyone use the Windows 7 Speech Recognition program?
I can't really get it to do much. I am onl
ght at that session .. .
Sue
From: wheelch...@aol.com [mailto:wheelch...@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:00 PM
To: Berres, Susan J *HS; quad-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Money handling
Thanks Sue,
Now I have a question for you. How can Internet providers sell an PWD
(wheelchai
Thanks for all the helpful thoughts on handling money!
Somebody commented that they thought they teach this (to OTs) in school - yup,
they do, of course, but over my 26 years in practice I have always found that I
get more and better ideas from folks living the issues than from any OT or any
bo
I'm an OT working with a young man with a C6-7 injury. He wants to figure out
how to handle his money - specifically how to get single bills out of his
wallet. I'll have some ideas, I'm sure, but any tips from those who have been
there, done that are always greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Sue Be
Thanks to all who made recommendations about cell phone stuff! We had a chance
to work on this issue this afternoon with this young man and he's all set. Dad
had one of the recommended phones in his pocket, I gave him one of them
high-tech OT pointing devices (commonly known as a "pencil with
Hello,
My name is Sue. I'm an OT at a peds rehab hospital. I've been listening and
learning here for the last year or so.
Gotta question: I'm working with a new C6 quad who wants to get back to
texting his friends. His cell phone didn't survive his crash, so his folks are
looking into getti
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