Indiana

Wade Wingler, vice president at Easterseals Crossroads, which is home to the INDATA Project (the Indiana Assistive Technology Act program) and a close collaborator with Indiana AgrAbility, conducted an "Assistive Technology 101" training and a celebration of 10 years of INDATA services. As part of the celebration, INDATA surprised Steve Swain, the rural rehabilitation specialist for Indiana AgrAbility, with the AT Champion Award for his nearly 20 years of service in the assistive technology community. Read the great article by Easterseals here.

Submitted by Steve Swain

Stephen Etheridge, IN AgrAbility/NAP consultant, staffed an AgrAbility booth at the Old Fashion Farming Day in Shipshewana, IN, July 29. The event attracted an estimated 300 people, many of them Amish or Old Order Mennonite. The show included such demonstrations as the horse sweep, corn shredding, and corn shelling by hand, and had old farming equipment on display like the original 1845 McCormick Reaper Wheat Binder. Of the AgrAbility printed materials that were taken, the "Plain Facts About Arthritis" and "Arthritis and Gardening" booklets were the most popular. Good contacts were made and one person invited AgrAbility to exhibit at the Antique Tractor, Engine, and Toy Show in Nappanee, IN, September 14-16, at Borkholder's Dutch Village Market.

Submitted by Stephen Etheridge and Chuck Baldwin