Welcome!
So, You Want to Start a Reuse Program.

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Agenda

• Welcome & Introductions – Carolyn Phillips

  • ATIA Mini-Strand

  • Define and Explore Reuse

  • What, When, Where, Who & How

• Models for Reuse, Points to Consider & Tips for Successful Reuse –

  • Carla Walker, ParaQuad,

  • Dorathy Young, Mississippi and

  • Chris Brand, Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, Too, and

  • Bob Rust, Touch the Future, Inc – STAR Network

• Continuing the Conversation - Questions and Answers

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Guiding Principles

• We – Collectively – are Brilliant & Can find an Innovative Path and Create Brighter Futures

• We must Think, Live and Act from a place of Abundance – We Have enough time, money, resources…

• We Must Focus on Abilities!

• YOU have the Power to make the Difference!

  • Change vs. Progress (Bob Phillips)

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If we Nurture our Dreams,
they will take
Root in our Souls
& Bear Fruit in our Lives

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Defining AT Reuse

• Exchange

• Reassign/Redistribute

• Refurbish

• Remanufacture

• Recycle

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Defining AT Reuse

• Exchange: Connects users to directly exchange AT, similar to eBay or classified ads.

• Reassign/Redistribute: Accepts AT for sanitization, identifies appropriate users, and matches to new consumer.

• Refurbish: Similar to reassignment, but in addition the program restores AT to its original configuration, which may include repairing and replacing parts.

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Defining AT Reuse

• Remanufacture: Similar to refurbishing, but strips and builds AT to new configuration.

• Recycle: End-of-life breakdown of AT for disposal and/or reuse in refurbishing and remanufacturing.

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Data on Reuse

• A NATTAP survey conducted last year found:

  • 154 AT reuse programs nationally

  • 60 refurbish AT (49 of these reuse mobility, seating and positioning devices)

  • 45 reassign AT (39 of these reuse mobility, seating and positioning devices)

  • 26 operate an AT Exchange program

  • 11 operate all three type of AT reuse programs

  • Need more info about the remaining 12

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Data on Reuse (cont’d.)

• The ATAP Voluntary Data collection found:

  • 24 states reported reuse of 5,602 devices from Oct. 1, 2005 to Sept. 30, 2006

  • 678 devices were exchanged

  • 4,482 devices were reassigned

  • 442 devices on long-term loan

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Data on Reuse (cont’d.)

• The majority of devices were:

  • seating, positioning and wheeled mobility equipment

  • daily living equipment

  • computer and related computer access equipment

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Data on Reuse (cont’d.)

• 4,765 consumers received used devices (meaning many people received more than one device).

• These consumers saved $5,014,921 (cost savings is estimated by subtracting cost of used device from the MSRP if purchased new).

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Begin with the
End in Mind!

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Connecting the Dots!

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Connecting the Dots with
Strategic Partnership!

• Explore Models!

  • Used What You Learned Here

    • Steal/Borrow…and Give Credit!

• • TIP: Move toward Sustainability with each Connection

• Identify Your Partners

  • Who should be at the table?

  • Diversify – public, private, non-profit

  • Not all will buy-in immediately – don’t hold it against them

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• Create Champions and Ownership

• Communicate

• Listen

• Evaluate and Evolve

• Continue to Grow and Share the Vision & Mission

• Celebrate your Partners, Volunteers and Participants!

  • Media Spotlight

Connecting the Dots with
Strategic Partnership!

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If a person does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

- Henry David Thoreau

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Quick Look at 2007-2008
Activities for the National AT Community

• Activities Include:

  • 3 Webinars (Topics determined by You!)

  • 6 Session Strand at the Assistive Technology Industries Association (ATIA) Conference in Orlando

  • Focus Group Meeting on Emergency Preparedness and Response in Louisiana

  • 4 Focus Group Meetings to build stronger relationships with Manufacturers and Vendors at ATIA and MedTrade

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Activities for the National AT Community (con’t)

• Activities Include:

  • E-Alerts of Pass It On Center Activities

  • Produce 3 Modules for the AT Reuse Policies, Procedures & Quality Indicators Guide

  • Continue to identify and educate community about successful AT Reuse solutions

  • Continue to work with NATTAP to build the National AT Reuse Database

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For Your Time & Interest!
We Want to Hear from You