UCD Centre for Disability Studies is delighted to announce our annual Discussions in Disability seminar for 2018. This year the seminar will address the topic of Assisted Decision Making. The seminar will take place in UCD Belfield campus on Monday 27th August 2018. Guest speakers include: Áine Flynn, Director of the Decision Support Service in [...]
The first video features 'Iron-man' star Robert Downey Junior presenting a low cost yet very dynamic 3D-printed bionic arm to a seven year old boy Click here for video: The second video is about an up and coming actress who is delighted with her new custom sized bionic arm, allowing her to now do things [...]
The International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP) The University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology has been awarded a grant from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop the International Society of Wheelchair Professionals (ISWP). ISWP will be built around a federation of regional and international Affiliate Members and Partners which [...]
Masters in Seating and Posture Management and a Masters in Advancing Practice in (Allied Health Profession Speciality) The School of Health Sciences at the University of Ulster offers a suite of modules for clinicians with an interest in the field of seating and wheelchairs. These modules are: Seating for complex disabilities Pressure ulcer prevention and [...]
The Department of Clinical Therapies is accepting applicants for its MSc in Advanced Healthcare Practice and Graduate Certificate Programmes including two new programmes: Graduate Certificate in Posture, Seating and Wheelchair Mobility Across the Life Course (in partnership with SeatTech Enable Ireland) Graduate Certificate in Global Health Our graduate certificate programmes also include Pain, Neurological Rehabilitation, [...]
Wheelchair seating - Part 3: Determination of static, impact and repetitive load strengths for postural support devices. This International Standard has now been published and is available from the International Standards Organisation. It refers to the testing of postural supports for use in wheelchairs – belts and harnesses. Under EU regulations all CE marked products to which this [...]
Description This new certificate will be offered from September 2014. The programme (30 ECTs) must be completed in one academic year. Full-time students (autumn or spring enrolment only), complete their 4 modules in one semester. Part-time students (autumn or spring enrolment), complete their 4 modules in one academic year. All 4 modules must be successfully [...]
SeatTech is a leading Irish provider of special seating services to people with complex postural requirements, based in Sandymount, Dublin. Our service provides clinical and technical expertise to offer impartial advice to service users, their families and allied healthcare professionals on the selection and prescription of appropriate wheelchairs and on appropriate seating solutions. The goal is to optimise a [...]
The British Healthcare Trades Association (BHTA) has for some time been engaging with the Department for Transport regarding changing the rules on weight for mobility vehicles, and Ray Hodgkinson met with Transport Minister Norman Baker to discuss this. New guidance has now been issued this week by the Department for Transport, which includes a maximum [...]
Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) 1 – 5 are now available via a link on our Resources page. These guidelines have been developed in conjunction with interested parties throughout the world and reflect a consensus view on best practice in the specified area of practice. The guidelines are hosted by Posture and Mobility Group in the [...]
