It’s sum, sum, summertime! The corn is more than knee high across the state and farmers have settled into the season. The AgrAbility PA team has focused on behind-the-scenes client services – working with a wide range of new clients, farm types, and disabilities. A large part of this work Read more
September started out with warm weather but ended with the Keystone state feeling the full effects of Fall – including cooler temperatures and rain. Here’s hoping everyone around the country is having a safe and successful harvest season. Lights! Camera! Action! AgrAbility PA is please to share a new anthemic Read more
AgrAbility PA staff member Abbie Spackman and AgrAbility PA’s Occupational Therapist Dwight Heller provided a two-hour training session to PA’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. The training session was broadcast through video conferencing to all the state offices. Abbie provided information on AgrAbility, making referrals, farm assistive technology, and AgrAbility farm Read more
AT Awareness Day at Penn State DuBoisAgrAbility PA demonstrated farm and garden assistive technology during the Penn State DuBois Assistive Technology Awareness Day on Nov. 7. This annual event is co-hosted by Pennsylvania’s Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Penn State DuBois’ Occupational Therapy Program. Students, faculty, service providers, and the public attended this event. AT Demos included ergonomic Read more
AgrAbility PA hosted a regional workshop Oct. 8-9 in conjunction with the National AgrAbility Project. This two-day workshop provided an opportunity to learn more about occupational therapy and assistive technology on the farm – working together to keep farmers farming! Thanks to all whom attended! Thanks to JoBeth and Tess from the National Read more
November 2018 was a busy month for AgrAbility PA staff across the state! The state also saw it's first glimpse of snow prior to Thanksgiving. 🙂 Here are some highlights: AgrAbility PA staff provided hands-on assistive technology demonstrations during the annual Penn State DuBois Assistive Technology Fair. This event is Read more
AgrAbility PA exhibited at Penn State University’s annual Ag Progress Days event in August. This event is the Super Bowl equivalent for not only Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences but for hundreds of vendors, exhibitors, strategic partners, ag researchers, ag educators, ag safety specialist, equipment dealers, and more with over Read more
PASA Annual Conference, Tree Fruit School, and AgrAbility PA mentioned in Hoard's Dairyman are a few highlights from February. AgrAbility PA staff participated in the annual Farming for the Future Conference hosted by the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). This was an excellent opportunity to share AgrAbility PA information Read more
What to Expect During an On-Farm Occupational Therapy Evaluation Occupational therapy (OT) is a healthcare profession that focuses on helping people participate in the meaningful activities they need and want to do. Occupational therapists enable people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health Read more