My ProForm NX™ offers great positioning options for me!

I am 32 years old, just got married last year, and have had Cerebral Palsy since birth. I work as an ATP (Assistive Technology Practitioner) at Portland State University. I am also a performance artist and teacher of improvisation dance, and have been active in the disability arts movement for the past 5 years. I began dancing in 2003 after taking the Dance Ability teacher training course in Trier, Germany. I went on to teach Dance Ability in Portland and surrounding countries, like Canada and Mexico. I was also elected a member of the teaching body of the West Coast Contact Improvisation Festival in 2006. I have a B. A. from Portland State University with a concentration in Art History.

Since I work as an ATP, and have used power wheelchairs and manual wheelchairs for a long time, I am pretty educated in the world of the medical industry. I currently use a power wheelchair and have been using the VARILITE ProForm NX™ cushion for just over a year. I like the ProForm NX cushion because it has more stability than my previous air-cell cushion. It is comfortable and I like the air and foam combination.

With more positioning options that are available with the ProForm NX, I feel that my comfort level and stability have increased. I worked with a physical therapist and local vendor to obtain my cushion for insurance reasons, but I definitely found the right cushion for me through comparison shopping, and trial and error. I would highly recommend VARILITE products to people in wheelchairs.

~Erik Ferguson is an ATP, wheelchair user since birth, and performance artist.