MobilityWorks Blog

Safety Tips for Winter Driving

December 11, 2012

Be Safe! Take it Slow on Ice-Covered Roadways As we approach the winter driving season, your friends at MobilityWorks would like to remind you of some safety tips: Make sure that your car is in top working condition. Check your brakes, wipers, defroster, heater, and exhaust system.  Check your tires. You should have good tread depth on […]

MobilityWorks of Atlanta Becomes Donation Site for Friends of Disabled Adults and Children

December 10, 2012

Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) is a non-profit organization providing over $10 million annually in refurbished home medical equipment and supplies to the disabled community. They recently announced a partnership with local beverage distributor Eagle Rock Distributing Company to utilize Eagle Rock’s delivery trucks to pick up and deliver donated items. Donated equipment is […]

Grey’s Anatomy Conveys Public Service Announcement for the Amputee Coalition

December 5, 2012

Kudos to Grey’s Anatomy in providing a recent public service announcement for the Amputee Coalition and for bringing awareness to the rehabilitation process that amputee’s experience. The emotions, courage and eventual triumph that Doctor Arizona Robbins depicted in her recovery was an inspirational message to their more than 11 million regular viewers. In this year’s story line of […]

Worker’s Compensation Claims Requiring a Mobility Vehicle

July 23, 2012

This article was originally written  for the summer issue of the Georgia State Bar Workers Compensation Law newsletter by Michael Dresdner, MobilityWorks Director of Customer Care When I first entered the field of accessible transportation in 1990 consumers as well as payers had few choices as to what was provided to a claimant. Additionally, there […]

Pittsburgh Branch Tops 500 Mark for OT Professionals In Training

July 11, 2012

Arming Future Occupational Therapists with Knowledge to Solve Mobility Needs For more than 4 years, the Pittsburgh team has been providing training for graduate students in occupational therapy from local universities. The university of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University have been regular participants in the one day seminars designed to help the OT’s perform clinical diagnosis, and […]

Travlin’ in Style with an RV Wheelchair Lift Addition

June 16, 2012

For those who love to travel cross country, nothing beats the all-purpose, fully-loaded recreational vehicle or just “RV” as it is commonly called. These vehicles offer the modern conveniences of home and transportation for the whole family all in one. For some wheelchair users and their families, dreams of vacationing cross-country in an RV are becoming […]

Performance Van Shop, Inc., of Woodbury, NJ, Is Now VCI Mobility

June 6, 2012

We are excited to announce that Performance Vans, Inc., of Woodbury, NJ, is now VCI Mobility. The acquisition will enable us to provide a full breadth of mobility products and services to the Southern New Jersey marketplace. “We are thrilled with the opportunity to become a part of the Gloucester County (NJ) community. As a […]

Knowing Commonly Used Terms When Shopping for Wheelchair Vans Can Help You Navigate to the Right Accessible Option

May 13, 2012

Automated Fold-Out Ramp Minivan conversions with fold-out ramps can be either automated or manually deployed. Most van conversions utilize some type of automated or “automatic” system with a push button or key-fob to operate an electric motor that is used to fold down and fold up the ramp. Certified Mobility Consultants Most quality providers will have […]

OTs Are the Real Superheroes

April 29, 2012

Filmed in Cleveland Ohio, The Avengers movie will soon be hitting theaters throughout the country, but the real “Superheroes” recently descended on Indianapolis. This past week, MobilityWorks attended the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) annual convention in Indiana. The event drew more than 5,000 attendees from all over the country and about 300 vendors. Occupational therapists […]

April is National Limb Loss Awareness Month – 500 Limbs Lost Per Day

March 23, 2012

It’s estimated that more than 500 Americans lose a limb each day. More than two million Americans are currently living with a limb loss. Amazing statistics that many of us are shocked to hear. Perhaps it’s because prosthetic limbs have come such a long way that it can be hard to tell whether some is missing a limb […]