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IMAGE Center of Maryland: No Problem!

By Sheilah Kast,
Melissa Gerr
Published December 29, 2020 at 9:59 AM EST
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Prototype 2 featuring a blue cork tennis racket grip along bottom ABS plastic rod, PVC elbow to take apart the two rods, button slider, and four-fingered grabbing mechanism. The ABS pipes were lighter and easier for Rhonda to hold.
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Rhonda Taylor during a site visit with the engineering team testing first prototype.

Have you ever faced a problem that seems insurmountable, only to have someone come along, view it from a different perspective and find a solution? That is the business model for the IMAGE Center of Maryland. Executive director Michael Bullis explains how the non-profit connects people with disabilities to solutions to help regain independence in their lives. Plus, we talk with Rhonda Taylor and Shannon Clancy to learn about Volunteers for Medical Engineering -- one-off devices that are tailored to a client’s needs. Original airdate: 11.16.20

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Sheilah Kast
Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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