Contributors

Our Writers

We have a diverse team of writers on the EasyStand Blog. Here are our most frequent contributors! Want to write a post on our blog? Email jackie@easystand.com

Tiffiny Carlson- Tiffiny is the founder of Beautyability and a freelance writer for many other websites and publications. Tiff is a C5-6 quadriplegic and owns one of the first EasyStand models. Read posts by Tiffiny

Shawn Dean - Shawn is an attorney and disability consultant. He is a C6-7 quadriplegic and owns one of the first EasyStand models. He has a personal blog called One Man’s Access and is also starting a Minnesota chapter of the National Spinal Cord Injury Asc.  Read posts by Shawn

Stephenie Labandz, PT- Stephenie is a Physical Therapist for Robbinsdale Area Schools in Minnesota. She has a strong interest in assistive technology and is passionate about helping children of all abilities maximize their function and independence.

Mary Miles, PT - : Mary Miles is a pediatric physical therapist working for Independent School District 624 in White Bear Lake, MN; servicing children 0-18 years old.  Read posts by Mary

George Passwater- George is a Special Needs Dad and writer.He blogs about being a stay-at-home and Special Needs Dad at Dadwritings.com. You can also find him on Twitter at: @dadwritings. Read posts by George

Andy Hicks, ATP – Andy joined Altimate Medical as East Coast Regional Sales Manager in 2007. He travels the area and works with clinicians, reps, and suppliers to show them first-hand what the EasyStand is all about. Andy joined us after working for ROHO Group for many years. Read posts by Andy

Nancy Perlich, COTA/ATP – Nancy has worked as Funding Specialist at Altimate Medical since 1999. She helps clinicians and consumers by walking them thru the funding process. Nancy’s background includes working with as both a DME supplier and clinician. Read posts by Nancy

Bryanne Freitag – Bryanne is the cheery Marketing Assistant at Altimate Medical that makes things happen. She has worked at Altimate Medical since 2002. Read posts by Bryanne

Jackie Kaufenberg - Jackie has been the Marketing Manager at Altimate Medical since 1997. Jackie puts her ideas into everything that involves getting the word out about the EasyStand and the benefits of standing. Read posts by Jackie

Guest Writers

Guest writers are always welcomed on the EasyStand Blog. Here are some writers who have written for us in the past or on an occasional basis. Want to write a post on our blog? Email jackie@easystand.com

Joan Celebi- Joan is the founder and president of  Special Needs Parent Coach and the author of “Overwhelmed No More!  The Complete System For Balanced Living for Parents of Children with Special Needs.” Check out Joan’s blog. Read posts by Joan

Erin Breedlove- Erin is a college student with cerebral palsy. She is a disability advocate and special education major. Her dreams include becoming a director of disability services for a university.  Check out Erin’s blog.  Read posts by Erin

Jadian Foley- Jadian is a person T5 paraplegia who uses his EasyStand Evolv Mobile stander every day. Jadian stands while doing hobbies like woodworking and target shooting and shared his standing success story with us. Read posts by Jadian

Heidi Kay @ PediaStaff- PediaStaff is niche firm specializing in the staffing and placement of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants  into pediatric and school based settings. Additionally, the PediaStaff website is an online resource on topics in pediatric therapy. Read posts by Heidi

Andrea Kennedy-Andy is Director of Operations at Access Anything, specializing in all aspects of disability travel. She also contributes regularly to Action and Venture Travel Magazines  as well as several other adaptive sports magazines and newsletters. Read posts by Andrea

Craig Kennedy- Craig is a published author, motivational speaker, and President of Access Anything, LLC, a nationally recognized leader in adaptive sports and adventure travel for people with disabilities. He has more than ten years of adaptive travel experience. Read posts by Craig

Susan Maus- Paralyzed from the shoulders down in a June 30, 2000 motor vehicle accident, Susan is co-founder and president of Unite 2 Fight Paralysis (U2FP), a primarily all-volunteer organization dedicated to advancing paralysis curative therapies.  Read posts by Susan

Santina Muha- Santina is a journalist, model, public speaker and internet personality. She also holds the position of Communications Associate at the National Spinal Cord Injury Association (NSCIA). She lives in NJ and has a T-11 spinal cord injury from an auto accident. Read posts by Santina

Ginny Paleg, PT- Ginny is a pediatric Physical Therapist from Silver Spring, MD. She works in a 0-3 (Early Intervention) program for Montgomery County Public Schools. Read posts by Ginny

Emily Seibert- Emily is an Occupational Therapist and active volunteer of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Buoniconti Fund, the fund raising arm of the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. Emily is a T8-9 paraplegic and owns an EasyStand Glider Read posts by Emily

Jenni Taylor- Jenni is a student, motivational speaker, and advocate for people with disabilities. She has a fantastic blog called The Site that Breathes and is C1-C2 quadriplegic who is vent dependent. Jenni stands twice a week in her EasyStand Evolv. Read posts by Jenni

Mark Schmitt- Mark is a T-12 Paraplegic and has worked at Altimate Medical as Sales & Marketing Director since 1998.  You may also recognize him as the host of the Life After Spinal Cord Injury videos. Mark’s has an EasyStand Evolv Mobile with the Pow’r Up Lift. Read posts by Mark

Alan Tholkes- Alan is the Founder of Altimate Medical Inc, and the inventor of the EasyStand standing frame. He is a C6-7 quadriplegic. You may also recognize Alan from many Life After SCI videos on transferring tips. Read posts by Alan

Peter Wankelman- As Western Regional Sales Manager for Altimate Medical, for the past 15 years Peter has earned the reputation as the “Altimate” Road Warrior.   He has lectured on the benefits of standing in over 150 cities in six countries. Read posts by Peter

Andrew Gardeen – Andrew is the International Sales Manager for EasyStand products. Andrew works with EasyStand distributors in over thirty countries has diverse knowledge of standing throughout the world. Read posts by Andrew

Mark Haen – Mark has worked on the marketing team as Graphic Designer since 1998. He creates many of our marketing materials including videos and print. Read posts by Mark

Stacey Frank – Stacey Frank has worked at Altimate Medical since 1995. Her first 5 years were in customer service. Since then she has been working in a quality and management position as the Director of Operations. Read posts by Stacey