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The Bridge Podcast: Tech Empowerment in the Mountains
We're back 和 letting the cat out of the bag— the ACAT, that is!
Host Amelia Holliday talks with staff at the Appalachian Center for Assistive Technology (ACAT) in Hazard, Ky., about providing assistive technology (AT) demonstrations 和 consultation, a short-term AT loan locker, 制造商的空间, 劳动力培训, 和 refurbishing used tech for those in need in the mountains. ACAT主任博士. 帕特里克Kitzman, ACAT经理Keisha Wells说, 和 ACAT Coordinator Crystal Hignite explain how the Center got started 和 what they see for the future.
“If I Can’t Do It, It Ain’t Worth Doing”
Celebrating the 34th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Join us for an online documentary screening featuring 肯塔基州’s own Arthur 坎贝尔. This 1998 film shares the story of one disabled man’s unforgettable ride through life 和 the disability rights movement.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Mr. 坎贝尔.
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KARRN 和 ACAT updates May 和 June 2024
Appalachian Center for Assistive Technology (ACAT)
- We held an ACAT advisory committee meeting to discuss funding, 添加新成员, 继续前进.
- We had the field representative from Hal Rogers office visit ACAT.
- We had the team at Complete 3D 旅游ACAT.
- We had high school students from different eastern 肯塔基州 high schools, 参加擦洗营, 旅游ACAT.
- Incoming Doctorate in 物理治疗 (DPT) students toured ACAT.
Demonstrations/community activities
- We continued with our monthly activities with the LKLP Adult Daycare 和 the Eastern 肯塔基州 Veterans Center.
- We participated in Senior Games 2024 in Perry Co. 和 had an informational table.
- We...
KARRN 和 ACAT Updates March - April 2024
View the March-April Report 在这里.
'Behind the Blue': The 肯塔基州 Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network (KARRN)
On this episode of "Behind the Blue," Kitzman 和 Bond talk about the important work of KARRN, the collaboration the network has helped inspire, the culture shift they see happening both on 和 off campus, 和更多的.
This year during One Day for UK, the university's annual giving day, all donations to the 健康科学学院 will go directly toward the Grace Jones Fund. This fund is used to help people with physical disabilities, caused by conditions such as strokes, 还有他们的家人.
格蕾丝·琼斯纪念基金 2024
It is my pleasure to announce the second annual call for applications for the 格蕾丝·琼斯纪念基金 mini-grants. The 格蕾丝·琼斯纪念基金 was established in memory of Grace Jones, who joined the faculty of the Department of Entomology at the 火狐体育下注 in 1984 和 rose to Associate Professor in 1990. She then moved to the 火狐体育下注's School of Biological Sciences in 1991, rising to Professor in Molecular 和 Cellular Biology in 1999 in the renamed Department of Biology. Subsequent to a severe stroke in 2000, she inspired many as she overcame difficult physical challenges, 和 continued her academic teaching 和 research in Biology which she so much enjoyed.
的目的 格蕾丝·琼斯纪念基金 mini-grants is...
从AARP.ORG: A Community is Enabled Through the Reuse of Walkers, Wheelchairs 和 More
十年前在哈泽德, 肯塔基州, home of the 火狐体育下注 Center of Excellence in Rural Health, physical therapists from four health programs met 和 shared a common complaint. 使用轮椅, 步行者, 拐杖, crutches 和 other durable medical equipment desperately needed by their patients were routinely thrown away. The items ending up rotting 和 rusting in l和fills.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing 肯塔基州 Donates $125k to Hazard’s new Appalachian Center for Assistive Technology
作者:瑞恩·克拉克
CHS Communications Director
风险,肯塔基州. (2023年3月10日 The 火狐体育下注 announced today a $125,000 grant from Toyota Motor Manufacturing 肯塔基州 to support the new Appalachian Center for Assistive Technology, 或ACAT, 处于危险之中.
帕特里克·基茨曼博士，医学博士 还有一位教授 健康科学学院' 物理治疗 和 Rehabilitation 和 Health Sciences PhD programs他是这两个项目的负责人 肯塔基州 Appalachian Rural Rehabilitation Network 和...
