David Maennle’s story is a great example of how technology can promote independence and create customized outcomes for people with disabilities. David Maennle is an accomplished young man with Down syndrome who won’t take no for an answer.
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When using the new SimplyHome platform, Veterans and Service members with physical disabilities will be able to issue single voice commands to accomplish complex sequences of pre-customized actions. A single command such as "time to go to bed" can lock doors, set the thermostat, and turn off lights in the home.
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Providers in the state of New York are empowering individuals to live independently in the community, and saving money at the same time.
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Recently the Aaron Tuneberg Remote Supports Project was featured in the Daily Camera, the Boulder, Colorado newspaper.
This program is being run by Imagine!, a Boulder County non-profit that helps people with developmental disabilities. Imagine! partners with SimplyHome to provide technology to their clients at multiple locations, so that those clients can gain safety and independence while living on their own in the community.
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SimplyHome, LLC has been awarded a Specially Adapted Housing Assistive Technology Grant (SAHAT) by the Veterans Benefit Administration. The purpose of the SAHAT grant program is to improve home adaptions or enhance a Veteran's or Servicemember's ability to live independently, such as voice-recognition and voice-command operations, living environment controls, and adaptive feeding equipment.
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A new bill, Kevin and Avonte’s Law, has the potential to assist caregivers and families who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s or Autism with a tendency to wander.
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We’re excited to announce SimplyHome has been awarded the 2016 Sky High Growth Award by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. This award, based on growth in revenue and employment, also recognizes 35 other companies in Asheville. We believe our growth has been parallel to that of Asheville and the work we do reflects the work of this city.
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SimplyHome technology engages local, familiar and natural supports so they can be available when they’re needed, instead of being at a site all the time just in case there is a need.
This week is NYSACRA’s 39th Annual Conference, “Listen Up,” taking place April 19th - 22nd. Our New York partner Meghan O’Sullivan will be speaking about the types of technology available and the outcomes of a grant recently administered by NYSACRA.
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The Ring Video doorbell enables family, friends and caregivers to be notified of any activity at an individual’s front door, day or night, and then speak with the visitor.
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Before the Charles Lea Center outfitted the apartment with “smart” technology, Dodd had to have someone with him at all times. That Dodd is able to live by himself is a remarkable achievement given what he's gone through medically. During a visit to the hospital for surgery a few years ago, Dodd told the staff he wanted them to help him find an apartment in which he could live on his own. “They said, 'Oh, you can't do that.' And I was like, 'I'll show you I can do it. I know I can.'
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The Charles Lea Center (CLC) began creating programs with technology in 2010 in order to offer people with disabilities an opportunity to develop skills, promote independence and empower people to live in their own homes. Since then, SimplyHome has continued to work with CLC to help them employ and benefit from the efficacy of such technology.
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"For so many people I meet, it is their support systems, not their support needs, that create the challenge."
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Ben is one individual at CLC who is able to live on his own by using SimplyHome technology. But Ben isn’t the only one benefiting from this transition, as his mother can attest. “Last summer when I visited Ben, I got to sleep on his couch! I never thought I would be able to say that I had spent the week at my son’s place, but I DID! And over the Christmas holidays, he rode the TRAIN from Spartanburg to Philadelphia (and back) BY HIMSELF.”
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The first thing Bryan wants to do when he gets to work is say “Hi” to Drue Ray. When asked why that is, he replied, “Because she’s the boss!”
Bryan works at SimplyHome as part of a vocational program through The Arc of North Carolina. Drue Ray, Founder and Director of Human Resources at SimplyHome, was introduced to Bryan by The Arc of NC almost three years ago.
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