How the Mount'n Mover has been changing lives

Gae Skager, Minneapolis, MN

Gae is a mother, wife, disability advocate with ALS, and former occupational health nurse.
Use: speech device/computer access

Mount'n Mover benefits for her:

• Move to side for transfers, in-chair exercise, restroom use, eating
• Rotate to access and reboot device
• Adjust tilt for driving, reducing glare on display, watching television

In her own words:

• "I can communicate much more easily"
• "I can reboot my own device instead of waiting hours for someone to come by. Yay!"
• "I can see the television!"

Bob Gregory, Minneapolis, MN

Bob is an avid camper, has a black belt in karate, is a former UCP board member, and an excellent joke and story-teller. He won the REI Stewardship award for volunteer efforts on behalf of the environment.
Use: speech device

Mount'n Mover benefits for him:

• Moves to side for eating and restroom
• Moves for transfers

In his own words:

• "With this mount, I can eat and talk at the same time."

• Watch Bob using his mount!

Jim Carlisle, Saint Paul, MN

Jim has run his own accounting business since 1963. He and his wife started a nonprofit to better manage personal care attendants. Jim says "Retirement" is not in his vocabulary.
Use: speech device

Mount'n Mover benefits for him:

• Reposition for computer work
• Move to access to sink
• Place off to the side, in a second operating position
• Move for transfers

In his own words:

• "I like this mount because it is so versatile."
• "Without a mount I could move, I would not be as likely to use a speech device."
• "I can move it out of the way to get to my desk or a sink."

Mark Rahn, Minnesota

Mark is a veteran - he served his country and sustained a spinal cord injury roughly 30 years ago. His power chair is terrific for mobility, but makes it more difficult for him to use tables of a standard height.
Mount'n Mover Uses:

• Computer: keyboard/mouse tray
• Reading and Writing
• Eating

In his own words:

• "It puts my keyboard and mouse right where I need them. I don't have to reach, so it won't hurt like it does now."
• "This is great for reading... it makes it much easier to read!"
• "Quite a piece of engineering... a great design."
• "I can use it for eating when we go out and tables are too high - it's really versatile."

Loren Worthington, Arizona

Loren is a professional photographer. His blog, Rolling F-stop, is a forum for photographers who use wheelchairs.
Loren had tried all sorts of mounts in search of one which securely attached to his wheelchair and held his expensive camera while he rode his power chair over rough terrain and gravel roads.

 

Mount'n Mover Use: Photography

In his own words:

• "She works great!... With the Mount'n Mover, I have turned my wheelchair in to a rolling tripod."
• "I can focus my efforts on taking photos, and not be so concerned with holding the camera steady. "
• "My new 'quadpod' offers advantages that even an able-bodied shooter with envy."

Seth, Brainerd, Minnesota

Seth is in grade school. He uses a manual wheelchair and a communication device. He needs to change positions of his device for different school activities.

Mount'n Mover Uses:

• Speech Device
• Reading Tray

Mount'n Mover benefits for him:

• Positioning for visual and physical access to speech device
• Easy repositioning for wheeling in the hallways
• Change tilt angle so he can see teachers
• Change to a reading tray for other activities
• Move it out of the way for the restroom and washing hands

David Karkinen, New Hope, Minnesota

David appreciates innovative and functional technology - he uses a power wheelchair, drives a van and uses a Mac. He needed a movable mount so he could bring his laptop with him, but move it to transfer into the driver's seat.

When out and about, he needed to take the laptop with him. At home, David found that he can strategically park his chair, reposition the Mount'n Mover to transfer into the other chair, and swing the mount over to access his laptop while watching television.

Mount'n Mover Uses:

• Laptop
• camera (future)

Mount'n Mover benefits for him:

• Reposition laptop for transfers
• Able to drive his vehicle
• Strategic positioning for access from other chairs

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