Our topics 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. To what extent this is the case you can find out in the Topic of the Month December: Inclusion: Best practice examples from all over the world.

Inclusion is a process for society as a whole and affects all areas of life. 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.

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.

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 again after a stroke or how people benefit from digital and technical aids can be read in the Topic of the Month September.

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. REHACARE.com took a closer look around. In our Topic of the Month August, you can read how and where you can drive well converted: Accessible adaptation creates mobility.

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 and in our Topic of the Month July it's all about Auxiliary means for professional sports.

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: Prostheses: Auxiliary means with hand and foot.

Being able to lead a life as self-determined as possible depends on many factors. No matter whether an accident leads to a permanent disability or a stroke throws the body off the balance for now – rehabilitative measures help to better cope with the small and large processes of everyday life again. In our Topic of the Month May "Modern rehabilitation" we shed more light on the extent to which robot- or technology-supported assistance systems are increasingly being used and the advantages they bring.

Whether sunbathing in southern Europe, accessible round trips or cruises – there are many possibilities to travel. The tourism industry is increasingly discovering that accessible travel is a growing market. Why Canada is definitely worth a trip, what can help with planning and how children and youth travel can become more inclusive, you can find out in our Topic of the Month April: Self-determined traveling.

Whether for the body or the mind – video games make you moveable and keep you fit. And virtually it doesn't really matter whether you cannot walk or whether you are a little more immobile due to age. That's why video games have meanwhile conquered both the rehabilitation industry and the leisure activities of people with disabilities. Find out how exergames put seniors in motion and how a quadriplegist plays current games in our Topic of the Month January: Playfully accessible in rehabilitation and leisure time.