Vol. 254: Adaptive Equipment Storage

Helping a school serve special needs students

Schools often need to store adaptive equipment for special needs students. These items, such as wheelchairs, standing aids, and gait trainers, are essential for enriching students’ educational experiences, but they’re expensive and often unwieldy and difficult to store.

This school had a large room in which to store adaptive equipment, but the room was becoming cluttered and overcrowded. Teachers found it difficult to find what they needed, and the time they wasted looking for equipment and moving it around was cutting into their planning time.

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