Overview: Topics of the Month 2018
December 2018: Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world
03/12/2018
It is always worth looking beyond one's own nose – this also applies to inclusion. Now that the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been signed by more than 160 states and the European Union, the changes and progress made in the individual countries are still different, but nevertheless revealing.
November 2018: Inclusion in professional life and education
01/11/2018
In the Topic of the Month November REHACARE.com focuses this time on professional life and education. Learn more about positive examples from the school desk to the job, a project that has successfully accompanied young people with disabilities through their vocational training, as well as a prospective carpenter in a wheelchair and a deaf pastor.
October 2018: Accessible living - with care requirements and without
02/10/2018
Whether they live in a rented flat or their own home, alone or in a shared flat - people want to be able to choose the way they live for themselves. But freedom of choice is not the same for everyone. You can find out what challenges, opportunities and promising projects there are in our Topic of the Month October: Accessible living - with and without care needs.
September 2018: Under the sign of the times: Communication aids
03/09/2018
Today we communicate on many channels, (almost) around the clock. How our increasingly technology-dependent communication channels are developing, how an app helps people who need to find their language back after a stroke or how people benefit from digital and technical aids can be read in the Topic of the Month September.
August 2018: Accessible adaptation creates mobility
01/08/2018
When it comes to car conversion, final consumers ask themselves many questions: How do I recognize a good vehicle conversion service? What does it cost anyway? Are there actually accessible rental cars – or even motorhomes? In order to offer customers a bundled source of information and a seal of quality, the adaptation industry is organised in associations at national and European level.
July 2018: Auxiliary means for professional sports
02/07/2018
When the athlete is no longer able to optimize anything during training, the focus shifts to the sports equipment. For para-athletes these are their auxiliary means. While athletics is often about prostheses and their possible advantages over athletes without prostheses, team sports focus on wheelchairs. In winter sports, on the other hand, it's usually about the right cutting.
June 2018: Prostheses: Auxiliary means with hand and foot
01/06/2018
Show what you have got – nowadays, that's increasingly the motto of people who wear prostheses, too. As a rule, it does not matter whether they wear skin-colored cosmetics over the prosthesis or whether they offer a view on the technical details. You can find out how individual the everyday aids can be and which extra features research currently makes possible, in our Topic of the Month June.
May 2018: Modern rehabilitation
02/05/2018
Being able to lead a life as self-determined as possible depends on many factors. No matter whether an accident leads to permanent disability or a stroke hits you – rehabilitative measures help to better cope with the processes of everyday life again. Find out more about the extent to which robot- or technology-supported assistance systems are increasingly being used and the advantages they bring.
March 2018: Activism for a self-determined life
01/03/2018
Inclusion is a human right. And following the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the motto "Nothing about us without us" applies to its implementation. Therefore, people with different disabilities are increasingly committed to an inclusive society. In which ways they become active and what moves them, you can find out in our Topic of the Month March.
February 2018: Auxiliary means out of the 3D printer
01/02/2018
Prostheses, ortheses or gloves for rehabilitation - the market for auxiliary means is diverse. However, the needs of each person cannot always be met. Then individual solutions have to be found: for example, with the help of a technology that was developed back in the 1980s, but only really gained momentum in the last 15 years. This refers to 3D printing.