Kathy Jo,

I've never made it to one, but wish I had when I was doing the direct AT
stuff.  It looks like there are lots of new devices that get shown that
would be interesting.  Could be frustrating too, though...  Like being a
kid in a toy store without any money! ;-{) I've been to conferences with
large areas for vendor displays, and always saw stuff I'd love to have.
I did buy a wheelchair after I saw one at a conference once: Quickie's
first production one-arm drive model.  It cut about 20 pounds from the 
Everest-Jennings I had before, but still weighed more than the one my
Voc Rehab counselor and I designed and built.  So, Linda's right; a lot
of the things can be adapted for less money. 

Kendall Corbett

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Walker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:31 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Ability Expro

I think so because they have all sorts of things set up to try out so
you
can really decide what suits you. I went to the one on Long Beach. Thye
also have a pretty good catalog. I can't believe how expensive things
are
though. It seems some of them you might be able to adapt for cheaper but
lots of gret ideas and contacts.

At 09:39 AM 7/20/2005, you wrote:
>Today in the mail, I got something on Ability Expro.  Has anybody ever
>gone to something like this.?  Would it be beneficial to me if I go?