Beyond the wheelchair: Local clinic helps bridge accessibility gap
“We already have a baseline here for them to continue to evolve with their equipment, because as children grow, their wheelchair needs are going to change and they’re going to need to be positioned differently,” said Brad Turner, Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging commissioner. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
At the Seating and Positioning Clinic in Arlington, workers improve the quality of life by building custom-made wheelchairs and positioning devices for Tennesseans of all ages with a range of disabilities.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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