Vol. 5, No. 2 March/April 1997	Previous Issues Subscribe to AT Messenger Download PDF Viewer
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Mike Meyreles Among Select Few to Earn AT Certification

The Easter Seal Society of Del-Mar, Inc. announced that Mike Meyreles, a Rehab Engineer at the New Castle Rehab Center and DATI’s ATRC, has earned certification as an Assistive Technology Practitioner (ATP) from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America. In earning this certification, held by only 137 others in the U.S., Mike has demonstrated that he possesses in-depth, practical knowledge in all areas of assistive technology for people with disabilities.

“Mike has worked very hard over the last 2 1/2 years as a rehab engineer. He has played a major part in helping people achieve independence through the use of assistive technologies,” said Maureen Schweitzer, Easter Seals’ Director of Rehab and AT Services. “He is among a very small group of professionals who hold this certification nationwide and by all indications, the only one from Delaware.”

To earn this distinction, Meyreles first had to meet eligibility requirements that included a specified level of academic training and work experience. Following dedicated study, Meyreles took and passed an exhaustive exam to determine the extent of his knowledge in many different areas of AT such as augmentative communication, computer access, environmental control, seating and positioning, and wheeled mobility. Congratulations, Mike!