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Thank you, Carly, for tagging us on Instagram in this recent photo of your new chair! "I got my new wheels!! I want thank NSM and a huge shout out to Gila for making my dream wheelchair come true ! 💜"
Thank you, Carly, for tagging us on Instagram in this recent photo of your new chair! "I got my new wheels!! I want thank NSM and a huge shout out to Gila for making my dream wheelchair come true ! 💜"
“For me, Pride Month is about inclusion and celebrating our differences and diversity. I have always loved Pride festivals, but what I love more is seeing our allies there, seeing everyone celebrating. It’s not just for the gay and lesbian community anymore, and I like seeing how it has grown beyond that. There are just as many allies participating these days. “I got involved in the community in Nashville after my partner of 17 years passed away in 2016. That’s when I joined a lot of community organizations and started helping with Pride festivals and other events and activities. Overall, culture is more accepting now. I’ve seen changes in the interactions I have with people in the community. Even 15 years ago, I wouldn’t have seen groups getting together and everyone interacting as much—gay couples, their allies, straight friends. It just seems more open and accepted now, or it’s not even an issue. “I'm always mindful of the times past when people couldn’t be as open. I feel for that time & those people. When I think about pride, it makes me appreciate how much we have now."
“For me, Pride Month is about inclusion and celebrating our differences and diversity. I have always loved Pride festivals, but what I love more is seeing our allies there, seeing everyone celebrating. It’s not just for the gay and lesbian community anymore, and I like seeing how it has grown beyond that. There are just as many allies participating these days. “I got involved in the community in Nashville after my partner of 17 years passed away in 2016. That’s when I joined a lot of community organizations and started helping with Pride festivals and other events and activities. Overall, culture is more accepting now. I’ve seen changes in the interactions I have with people in the community. Even 15 years ago, I wouldn’t have seen groups getting together and everyone interacting as much—gay couples, their allies, straight friends. It just seems more open and accepted now, or it’s not even an issue. “I'm always mindful of the times past when people couldn’t be as open. I feel for that time & those people. When I think about pride, it makes me appreciate how much we have now."
In our latest issue of Let's Get Moving Magazine, we highlight Wesley Hamilton, founder of Disabled But Not Really, a Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit that emphasizes the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle for people with disabilities. Hamilton developed the idea out of his own personal experience after suffering a spinal cord injury from a gunshot that left him paralyzed. Read more on page 30 at the link below.
Magazine | NSM - National Seating & Mobility
In our latest issue of Let's Get Moving Magazine, we highlight Wesley Hamilton, founder of Disabled But Not Really, a Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit that emphasizes the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle for people with disabilities. Hamilton developed the idea out of his own personal experience after suffering a spinal cord injury from a gunshot that left him paralyzed. Read more on page 30 at the link below.
Magazine | NSM - National Seating & Mobility
This June, our employees are sharing what Pride means to them.🏳️🌈 “Over the past 40 years since I came out, I’ve seen a change in acceptance, in inclusion, and what diversity truly means for LGBTQ people. We’re able to flourish now because we’re not specifically lumped into one area of life. You don’t just have your work life and your private life; we’re able to have both. We’re able to have families. I have a daughter and two grandchildren. My partner and I have been together for 27 years. We’re able to be open and out with it.” “But we also still have a long way to go. In Pennsylvania, there is still a law that a restaurant can ask a person who is gay or lesbian to leave. Now it’s never happened to me, but it shows that there are still places to reach for higher change.” “Before it was quiet, and we would have these once-a-year huge parades. Now you go to the parades and only 50% of the people are gay. It’s so family- and community-supported that people just want to go celebrate with you, so I feel like it’s not the LGBTQ community against society, but true inclusion."
This June, our employees are sharing what Pride means to them.🏳️🌈 “Over the past 40 years since I came out, I’ve seen a change in acceptance, in inclusion, and what diversity truly means for LGBTQ people. We’re able to flourish now because we’re not specifically lumped into one area of life. You don’t just have your work life and your private life; we’re able to have both. We’re able to have families. I have a daughter and two grandchildren. My partner and I have been together for 27 years. We’re able to be open and out with it.” “But we also still have a long way to go. In Pennsylvania, there is still a law that a restaurant can ask a person who is gay or lesbian to leave. Now it’s never happened to me, but it shows that there are still places to reach for higher change.” “Before it was quiet, and we would have these once-a-year huge parades. Now you go to the parades and only 50% of the people are gay. It’s so family- and community-supported that people just want to go celebrate with you, so I feel like it’s not the LGBTQ community against society, but true inclusion."
Connie Divine, NSM ATP, and Jane Schmitz, NSM RAD, recently joined eight other volunteers in working with Mustard Seed to repair and provide modifications to mobility equipment for users in Jamaica. We love seeing our employees' dedication to giving back!
Connie Divine, NSM ATP, and Jane Schmitz, NSM RAD, recently joined eight other volunteers in working with Mustard Seed to repair and provide modifications to mobility equipment for users in Jamaica. We love seeing our employees' dedication to giving back!
Over the past year, the supply chain crisis has created delays and frustrations, but the slowdown is more than a hassle to complex rehabilitation technology (CRT) users. In our latest issue of Let's Get Moving Magazine we explore the supply chain problem and what's being done to fix it. Check it out on page 24 at the link below.
Magazine | NSM - National Seating & Mobility
May is Military Appreciation Month. At NSM we have many clients and more than 70 team members who have served in the armed forces. We’re proud to recognize our CEO and former Army Captain, Bill Mixon, for receiving the U.S. Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s (ESGR) Patriot Award. We extend gratitude and appreciation to our nation’s military heroes this month and always. Read more at the link below. [Link image is taken from behind a person sitting in a wheelchair, and the back of a wheelchair has a U.S. army patch on the backrest.
WE SALUTE VETERANS
Meet NSM Access Sales Rep Victoria VanValkenburgh. She recently visited a client’s home for a stair lift evaluation. The client was home alone and had fallen on his garage floor and was bleeding profusely from his head due to blood thinners that he was on. He explained to Victoria that he was all alone and had been on the floor for more than fifteen minutes. Victoria called 911 immediately. Suddenly, the customer lost consciousness, so Victoria had to administer CPR, which she knew how to do because she is a second-generation volunteer firefighter. The client regained consciousness, and Victoria was able to keep him calm and stable until medical help arrived. As he was being loaded into the ambulance, he looked at Victoria and said, “I really need that stairlift!” The client was taken by ambulance to the local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
Meet NSM Access Sales Rep Victoria VanValkenburgh. She recently visited a client’s home for a stair lift evaluation. The client was home alone and had fallen on his garage floor and was bleeding profusely from his head due to blood thinners that he was on. He explained to Victoria that he was all alone and had been on the floor for more than fifteen minutes. Victoria called 911 immediately. Suddenly, the customer lost consciousness, so Victoria had to administer CPR, which she knew how to do because she is a second-generation volunteer firefighter. The client regained consciousness, and Victoria was able to keep him calm and stable until medical help arrived. As he was being loaded into the ambulance, he looked at Victoria and said, “I really need that stairlift!” The client was taken by ambulance to the local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.
This past weekend was Barrier Awareness Day. Understanding the visible and invisible barriers many face better allows us to break down these obstacles, benefiting society as a whole. Let’s break barriers together!
This past weekend was Barrier Awareness Day. Understanding the visible and invisible barriers many face better allows us to break down these obstacles, benefiting society as a whole. Let’s break barriers together!