For information on advertising in MAINSTREAM, contact: Edie Shack, Director of Advertising, 687 Highland Avenue, Needham, MA 02194. Telephone: (781) 444-0600.
ABK Sales
246 Dodge Ave.
East Haven, CT 06512
1-203-468-9691
The Ergobar is designed to reduce the chances of wrist of low back
strain while pushing a wheelchair. Ergobar fits all wheelchairs.
Academic Software
331 West Second St.
Lexington, KY 40507
1-606-233-2332
email: asistaff@acsw.com
Offering simple single-switch solutions for your PC. SS-Access PC
package for single function switch access. And WinScan for
multi-function single switch access. And other great switch
products.
Access
Design
8107C Pensacola Blvd.
Pensacola, FL 32534
1-888-505-7701
We specialize in all recreational vehicles. Custom built for you.
Accessible rental vans now available. Call now for Bill McGeehan or
Bob White.
Accessible Environments
1-800-776-1461
Swing clear hinges. Designed for barrier free life. Adds two inches
to any doorway.
Adamo Industries, Inc./WalkerAlls
1182 Pallwood Road
Memphis, TN 38122
1-800-682-7702
WalkerAlls
Introducing Sidekick - designed especially for the SIDES of
pediatric walkers. Little Hannah loves hers.Call for more
information.
Aqua-Med
15373 Roosevelt Blvd., Suite 200
Clearwater, FL 34620
1-800-699-1008
Water jet hydrotherapy system that can massage your entire body or
a specific part. Three therapies in one - hydrotherapy, soft tissue
manipulation and thermotherapy. Increases circulation and range of
motion. System is self-contained; no plumbing. Call for
information.
Baby Jogger
P.O. Box 2189
Yakima, WA 98907
1-800-241-1848
Special Needs III - holds up to 150 pounds. Rolls easily on any
terrain. Folds easily. Fun to use. Call for FREE brochure.
Barrier Free Lifts
9230 Prince William St.
Manassas, VA 20110
1-800-582-8732
Offering the Lexa mobile floor model lift and the Uni Lift,
portable and permanent ceiling mounted lifts.
Beacon Press
Flying Solo: Reimagining Manhood, Courage and Loss by Leonard
Kriegel. Hardcover $22.00 Available January 1998. "A powerful
meditation on what it means to be a man in America. A book that
will make every reader, male or female, more human," says Pete
Hamill.
The Braun Corporation
P.O. Box 310
Winamac, IN 46996
1-800-THE-LIFT
Introducing your 1997 Braun Entervan. The ultimate refinement. The
culmination of 25 years' experience in building personal mobility
products. The Entervan has been crash tested and certified to meet
or exceed all applicable federal safety requirements. Call for a
video.
Clever Solutions
2122 Agin Court
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
1-313-668-2524
A new revolutionary bath transfer seat which moves a person into
and out of the tub with ease. Portable (folds for travel) and
lightweight. Call for more information.
Columbus McKinnon Corp.
Medical Products Division
140 John James Audubon Parkway
Amherst, NY 14228-1197
1-800-888-0985
CM lift and transfer systems provide independence, security, ease
and versatility.
Core Funding Group, LLC
5515 Southwyck Blvd., Suite 202
Toledo, OH 43614
1-800-481-7742
Turn your structured settlement or disability claim into cash. We
can help by providing you an advance against your future benefits.
Call today to learn more about our Advanced Funding program.
Crow River Industries, Inc.
14800 - 28th Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55447
1-800-488-7688
What you really want to see in a lift is þ well, less of it. The
ultra-compact Vangater II gives your spacious van a room with a
view. Our left-mounted single post design creates more usable
interior space. Vangater II also offers an all-electric variable
speed setting that lets you choose your preferred up and down
speed. A single function switch control makes the lift very user
friendly.
Daniels Cablevision
Job hotline: 1-619-438-7741, ext. 500
Successful job applicants are required to take an interview and
drug test. Call 1-619-438-7741, ext. 504 if you require an
accommodation for the interview and/or test.
Disability Rights Advocates
1-800-879-9636
email: sales @volcanopress.com
Offering "a must-have report" -- Disability Watch, The Status of
People with Disabilities in the United States. Only $14.95 plus
shipping and handling.
Enabling Devices/Toys for Special Children
385 Warburton Avenue
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706
1-800-832-8697
Making life more productive for the physically challenged. Hundreds
of high quality, affordable products for all ages. Communicators,
switches, environmental controls and adapted toys. Call for FREE
catalog.
Everest & Jennings
1-800-235-4661
1-800-387-9113 (CANADA)
Kuschall
1-800-654-4768
LaBac
1-800-445-4402
The Best in Rehab - E&J, Kuschall of America and LaBac Systems -
all under the Graham-Field umbrella to being the best to you. Call
for more information on manual and power chairs and seating
systems.
EyeTech Digital Systems
1750 E. McLellan Rd.
Mesa, AZ 85203
1-602-386-6303
email: etsbus@aol.com
Use Quick Glance for hands-free access to your Windows 95 computer.
Quick Glance is a mouse emulator which moves the cursor according
to your eye movements.
Ford Mobility
Motoring
1-800-952-2248
1-800-833-0312 - for hearing-impaired consumers
One call does it all - When you are ready to roll, go to your Ford
or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. Mobility Motoring will help you with the
right vehicle solution, assessment centers, adaptive equipment
deals and installers, and up to $1,000 in cash assistance.
GPK, Inc.
7942 Calle Posada
Carlsbad, CA 92009
1-800-468-8679
The possibilities are endless with UPPERTONE. Sixteen unassisted
exercises for quads. Call for brochure.
GW Micro Inc.
1-219-489-3671
email: support@gwmicro.com
Window-Eyes for Windows 95 - you won't believe your ears! Call
today for a FREE Window-Eyes demo disk. For years we're made
Vocal-Eyes, one of the top DOS readers. Now we've done the same for
Windows.
Hydro-Care
P.O. Box 19074
West Palm Beach, FL 33416
1-561-688-9771
Hy-Gina Care personal, portable showering systems for the disabled.
Complete body showering, shampooing and care of the perineal area,
in a safe, comfortable, dignified manner. No installation required.
Needs only access to water and draining.
ILA Independent Living Aids
27 East Mall
Plainview, NY 11803
1-800-537-2118
Can-Do products for your active independent life. That's our
specialty. We carry a full line of over 700 writing aids, braille
items, low-vision aids, household items, home health care, talking
appliances, mobility and communications products. Call for FREE
catalog.
IMS Vans
1-800-474-4561
After years of converting minivans for wheelchair users, IMS now
makes financing more accessible, too. Introducing 10-year custom
financing from IMS. Call for details.
Kealyn
1-888-KEALYN5
email: info@kealyn.com
Accessories with style for people with disabilities - Write with
style with the Tombow Zoom pen, the perfect writing instrument for
anyone with arthritis, carpel tunnel or other fine motor weakness.
This classy roller-ball is 3/4 inches in diameter. Check our web
site or call for information.
Knit-Rite
Presenting Super Sock - a prosthetic sock of superior quality, made
of 100 percent fine virgin wool that can be machine washed. Feel
the difference. Available through prosthetists nationwide.
Kroepke Kontrols
104 Hawkins St.
Bronx, NY 10464
1-718-885-1100
email: kroepke@mail.idt.net
Drive your car safely, easily, confidently - with your fingertips!
Kroepke Kontrols are custom made to fit your car perfectly.
Lubidet USA Inc.
1980 S. Quebec St. #4
Denver, CO 80231-3234
1-800-582-4338
email: info@lubidet.com
Make life easier with Lubidet's toilet attachment. Gentle,
effective, non-intrusive personal cleansing. Warm water wash; warm
air dry. Call for free brochure.
Mac's Lift Gate, Inc.
2715 Seaboard Lane
Long Beach, CA 90805
1-800-795-6227
Make life accessible again ... with the most affordable residential
lift system available. The Vertical Home Lift PL 45 from Mac's Lift
Gate. It's easily installed, weather proof, plugs into 100-volt
household current and has a lifting height of up to 72 inches.
Maddak, Inc.
Pequannock, NJ 0744-1993
973-628-7600
email: custservice@maddak.com
You CAN take it with you þ and we man everything. Maddak add-ons
for walkers and wheelchairs make mobility easier - baskets, hand
pads, carry bags, clamp-on flashlights - and more.
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Mobility Transfer Systems,
Inc.
P.O.Box 922
Randolph, MA 02368
The Transfer Handle - the helping hand bedrail. Makes getting out
of bed easier. Call for information.
National Wheel-O-Vator
509 Front St.
Roanoke, IL 61561-0348
1-800-351-9095
We offer the widest range of residential elevators, vertical and
inclined platform lifts in the marketplace today. Customization is
our standard. Call for information.
NCM Consumer Products
P.O. Box 6070
San Jose, CA 95150
1-800-235-7054
Having trouble with everyday tasks like opening jars, writing,
buttoning shirts, turning keys or bending over?Sometimes finding
the simplest product can make the biggest difference in your daily
life. We have a catalog full of such devices. Call for FREE
catalog.
Power Access
P.O. Box 235
Collinsville, CT 06022
1-800-344-0088
email: powaccess@aol.com
Offering the Automatic Door Opener that's easy to install. Requires
no special construction. Attaches to existing doorframe and plugs
into 115V. Call for more information.
Prime Engineering
4838 W. Jacquelyn #105
Fresno, CA 93722
1-800-82-STAND
Stand for health. The Handstand is designed so users can easily
lift themselves into a standing position. The Granstand features a
hydraulic lift system. Call for more information.
R & P Capital Resources, Inc.
White Plains, NY
1-800-338-5815
We pay CASH for personal injury and other insurance settlements and
annuities. We also buy owner-held mortgages and lottery winnings.
Call for details.
R.D. Equipment, Inc.
230 Percival Drive
West Barnstable, MA 02668
1-508-362-7498
e-mail: rdequip@capecod.net
New inexpensive, lightweight electric leg bag emptier. Also offers
the Tub Slide Shower Chair - so versatile that it will work in
almost any bathroom.
Rainbow Wheels
P.O. Box 194
Hillsdale, MI 49242
1-800-910-VANS
email: RAINBOW@DMCI.NET
Rental of wheelchair accessible vans for periods of one day or
longer. Rainbow Wheels provides the vehicle for freedom and
independence. Our goal is to improve the mobility of people with
disabilities and their families.
San Joaquin Delta College
5151 Pacific Ave.
Stockton, CA 95207
1-209-954-JOBS
Management openings - Director of Library Services; Division
Chairperson of Family, Consumer & Health Sciences. Faculty openings
þ computer science instructor, political science instructor, tutor
center instructor, history instructor (2), counselor (2). Contact
he Office of Human Resources for more information. Deadline Feb.
27.
SCAN Medical Co. Inc.
P.O. Box 1089
Belvedere, CA 94920
1-888-593-0377
email: scanmedic@aol.com
SCAN Medical resolved all your bed, wheelchair, commode and car
transfer problems. The best thing that has happened to disabled
people since sliced bread, says Lars Langenskiold, president and
CEO of SCAN Medical.
Sierra Laboratories
1-800-726-2904
Our male external catheter if very forgettable. Comfort-Cath from
Sierra Laboratories has an exclusive no-puddle bulb and anatomical
design to eliminate the unhealthy reservoir of urine that occurs
with some common brands. Call fora FREE sample package.
Special Edition for Disabled People
Lawrence Research Group, Dept. MM298
P.O. Box 31039
San Francisco, CA 94131-9988
A special edition of educational videos, books and sensual as well
as sexual aids.
TASH
1-800-463-5685
email: tashcan@aol.com
It's time! RELAX II - the way to control infra-red and electrical
appliances with a switch.
Teledyne Brown
Engineering
1-800-944-8002
Imagine a world of endless possibilities - the Imperium 200H
Environmental Control Unit. Provides both visual and voice
feedback. Controls lights, appliances, TVs, VCRs, radios, beds,
tape recorders. State-of-the-art built-in telephone. Call for more
info.
Telesensory
520 Almanor Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
1-408-616-8700
email: info@telesensory.com
Although our PowerReader Assistant installs on your own Windows 95
PC, the unique Control Panel with one-touch functions requires no
computer commands in order to scan and read almost any printed
document. Call for information.
Touch Turner
13621 103rd Ave. NE
Arlington, WA 98223
1-360-651-1962
Touch Turner page turning devices. Turns pages in either direction
of magazines and hardbound books. Powered by flashlight batteries
actuated by sensitive switches which include the standard, breath,
single lever, and large target switches. Lightweight, housed in
plastic and laminated cabinets. One year warranty, free brochure.
University of California Press
1-800-822-6657
"Nothing About Us Without Us," by James L. Charlton. In bookstores.
John Hockenberry said "This is oral history and political manifesto
rich with wisdom and insight."
Wheelchair Getaways
1-800-642-2042
Wheelchair Getaways rents wheelchair accessible vans by the day,
week, or longer, throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Each van is
equipped with a fully automatic wheelchair lift or ramp, tie-downs,
and a raised roof or lowered floor for added comfort. Our vans
accommodate both wheelchairs and scooters.
Wheelers Accessible Van Rentals
1-800-456-1371
Van rentals nationwide. Now vacation with total independence with
our state-of-the-art accessible mini-vans. Call for reservations.
Wings & Wheels
5 Cleveland Avenue
Dover, NJ 07801
1-800-422-5309
Finally, greeting cards for you! Designs depicting people with
disabilities living life. Call for FREE catalog.
Worldwide Engineering
3240 N. Delaware Street
Chandler, AZ 85225-1100
1-800-848-3433
Affordable quality carriers for scooters; manual, power and folding
wheelchairs. Call for a FREE brochure.
Wright-Way, Inc.
175 E. Interstate 30
Garland, TX 75043
1-800-241-8839
The single source for independent living. Transportation &
Mobility, Home Medical Equipment, and Construction.
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