Children’s Assistive Technology Service (CATS) provides for the re-use of pediatric rehabilitation equipment and assistive technology devices in Virginia.  CATS serves young people with disabilities, who reside or receive rehabilitative/medical services in Virginia, who need assistive technology to assist with mobility, positioning and communication. We are seeking an Executive Director to lead our organization into a future which will allow increased access to durable medical equipment to children and families who need it, when they need it to acquire the next step of development, participate in family activities, and not only survive but thrive.

And they are off and running! That would be the Emory & Henry College OT graduate students, with assist from their PT graduate student colleagues, who are taking on the management of an entire CATS location, on their campus in Marion, VA. On April 17th, nearly 40 students participated in the first Equipment Scrub.

The C.A.T.S. resource committee is currently working on a fundraising project to create a unique cookbook that will include family friendly recipes as well as recipes for those with special dietary and nutrition needs.    We would love to have families participate by providing recipes to be considered for the book.