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As a C5 Quadriplegic paralyzed from the armpits down, every product we offer is driven by an intimate understanding of the unique needs of wheelchair users with upper extremity limitations in their hands and arms. Focusing on innovative simplicity, I strive to maximize cost efficiency, compatibility, and reliability while emphasizing ease of use by utilizing currently available components and technologies in developments whenever possible. 100% Satisfaction Guarantee! I personally utilize and have rigorously tested every solution offered! If you're not happy or have a problem with anything you receive, I will resolve it or refund your money*!
-- Mark Felling, President
Unique Products & Solutions for wheelers with upper extremity limitations!
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Voice Control Your World!
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for C4, C5, & C6 Quads
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Lip, Chin,Tongue,Head, or NoGrip Mouse & VR Mics
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Use Your Hand Again to Pickup & Hold Things!
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Evacuation Resources
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PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PC
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 Live Life to its Fullest &
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Call or e-mail for details: 612-851-1040 or Sales@BroadenedHorizons.com
Who We Serve
Broadened Horizons' clients often utilize power wheelchairs while struggling to use tools with buttons, levers, knobs, and handles in a world designed around manual dexterity. Opportunities for travel, communications, recreation, education, and employment are severely limited due to the additional complexity of meeting their needs. Those limited by quadriplegia or tetraplegia, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, and Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS find our solutions ideally suited to their needs. However our solutions can also greatly simplify the lives of those with less limitations also; such as paraplegics, those who have suffered a stroke, brain injury, spina bifida, or other disabling disease or injury.
Our Products
Broadened Horizons develops and delivers unique, innovative solutions empowering those with upper extremity physical mobility limitations with tools to break down barriers and lead fulfilling lives as equals within society. Our solutions not only enrich the lives of those directly served, but through them, the lives of their families, friends, and communities.
Broadened Horizons' solutions take two forms: developing new, universally functional versions of existing products, and developing solutions to expand the functional usefulness of existing products to more people. Within this context, we focus on products that enhance personal independence through access to communications, transportation, education, employment, and recreation. We believe these areas have the greatest potential impact to enhance quality of life by reducing both the real and perceived limitations of those we serve; or in other words, broadening their horizons.
Our Philosophy
Disability Is Only Differential Ability! We humans have an immeasurable ability to compensate and adapt. The lack of any ability focuses and refines the development of other abilities. By the structure of the word, dis-ability is the lack of an ability expected of the "standard" individual. Since necessity is the mother of invention, all of society's developments and innovations throughout history are based upon the expectation of a certain baseline level of ability. When an individual lacks one or more abilities from this standard baseline, they are greatly disadvantaged simply because they are unable to take advantage of all of society's innovations from housing to transportation to communications to entertainment.
By simply rethinking where that baseline is drawn and applying the concepts of universal design to all aspects of life, not only does society become purposefully inclusive, but it has been demonstrated that an exponentially greater portion of the population benefits than was ever initially expected or anticipated. Curb cuts were originally proposed to benefit those with mobility impairments and initially thought by many not to be worth the additional effort to benefit such a small population. However, it was soon discovered that curb cuts made the investment in sidewalks more useful for everyone from bikers and skateboarders to mothers with baby strollers to workers unloading cargo. This has led to their even greater use and inclusion in many more locations than simply on street corners. Yet many public building entrances and interiors still feature a single steps when a short ramp has been demonstrated far more useful for everyone.
Latest News
October 25th, 07: Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota State Governor, appointed Mark Felling, President of Broadened Horizons, to the Governors Advisory Council On Technology for People with Disabilities for a 2 year term. [Appointment & Press Release PDF] The Governors Advisory Council on Technology for People with Disabilities administers the Minnesota System of Technology to Achieve Results (STAR) program. The STAR Program is federally funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration in accordance with the Assistive Technology Act of 1998. Council consists of 16 members including 11 public members appointed by the governor and five members of designated state agencies. Disability Minnesota - Gateway for Disability Information in Minnesota*Please see policy regarding returns & refunds
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