News and Updates
AgrAbility of Wisconsin
Clients Featured on "America's Heartland" Former AgrAbility of Wisconsin
Clients Randy Hartjes and Gary Lechleitner were currently featured on
the national television show, America's Heartland, for the AgrAbility
program. In September 2006, the television crew made the trip to
Wisconsin and also interview Cheryl Skjolaas of the National AgrAbility
Project and Paul Leverenz of the Easter Seals of Wisconsin FARM Program.
Unfortunately, the episode will not be viewable in Wisconsin unless you
receive RFD-TV. However, please feel free to access the short
video and article on the America's Heartland website at: Farm
Women's Mini Get Away & Renewal Weekend Sowing
the Seeds of Hope is sponsoring a free weekend to farm women at the
Fenmore Hill Hotel in Fennimore, WI from January 27-28, 2007. The
weekend is designed to help women: Deal
more effectively with stress Hear
and share their stories with other farm women Enjoy
a much needed mini-vacation from the farm and farm work Learn
simple ways to care for themselves If
you would like more information please contact Mary Bub at (262)
723-4156 or e-mail mmbub@juno.com. Easter Seals
Wisconsin FARM Program Receives Grant Easter Seals
Wisconsin received a Department of Education's National Institute of
Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant.
This 3-year $200,000
project, Agricultural Assistive
Technology Equipment Reutilization, will evaluate how assistive
technology is being used by more than 300 past clients, a sample of the
farmers served in Wisconsin. Reutilizing AT and creating a more
affordable source of AT is a project goal. Easter Seals will collaborate
with the University of Wisconsin (UW) Survey Center to survey past
AgrAbility clients about their use of AT and with the National
AgrAbility Project and AgrAbility of Wisconsin (AAW) to create the new
web-based system. The Wisconsin
AgrAbility Project is a cooperative effort of The University of Wisconsin
Extension Service, University of
Wisconsin Biological Systems Engineering, Easter
Seals Wisconsin, National
AgrAbility Project and various other agencies and organizations
interested in helping people with
disabilities. © This material is
based upon work supported by the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under special
project number 2002-41590-01371.
AgrAbility of
Wisconsin
AAW
Assistive Tech Awareness Day
Mark
your calendars for July 18, 2007!
AgrAbility will be hosting the first AAW Assistive Tech Awareness
Day.
The event will be held at the Marathon County Park in The Big
Kitchen from 1-5 pm.
The day will include a short program of introduction of
representatives from different organizations throughout the area that
are available to farmers.
Then a casual meet and greet time will make up the rest of the
day, with farmers having the opportunity to meet with representatives
from organizations such as UW Extension, WI DVR, WI DATCP, and numerous
other organizations that are available to farmers.
Please feel free to attend and spread the word to farmers who may
be able to benefit from this event!
May 2007
January 2007
http://www.americasheartland.org/episodes/episode_218/help_for_the_disabled_farmers.html
November 2006
Farm
Women's Mini Get Away & Renewal Weekend Registration
Form (PDF)
October 2006