CRT Awareness Week

What is CRT Awareness Week?

National CRT Awareness Week is September 30 - October 4, 2024. These five days are when the Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) community joins forces to collectively share the CRT message.

No matter what role CRT plays in your life, anyone can be an advocate and there are many different ways to get involved. Scroll below for some ideas to help you brainstorm or simply follow NCART on Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and Instagram to "love" and share our posts. However you decide to get involved, be sure to use #CRTAwareness26 with your post so we can see it and celebrate with you too.

We're looking forward to hearing and seeing the great ways people share information about CRT during this week. It is the consistent efforts of many advocates uniting together that create meaningful and lasting changes that will protect access to this unique and important technology. Thank you for finding ONE DAY and ONE WAY to be an active advocate for Complex Rehab Technology this week!

How Can You Get Involved?

Download the graphics below and share them on your social media pages
Make a short video about your Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and send it to [email protected] or post it to your own social media
"Like" and "Share" NCART social media posts during CRT Awareness Week (Facebook, Linked In, Twitter and Instagram)
Write a blog post describing your CRT and how it maximizes your independence or the independence of someone you know
Post a photo or video of CRT to your social media

Day 1 - Monday, September 14 - I Use Complex Rehab Technology

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"CRT isn’t just equipment—it’s how I stay healthy, independent, and fully in my life every single day. Access to Complex Rehab Technology is non-negotiable for people like me. Help protect it. Learn more at www.ncart.us"

#CRTAwareness26. #ItTakesAllOfUs

Day 2 - Tuesday, September 15 - I Am A Complex Rehab Technology Advocate

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"I’m a Complex Rehab Technology clinician. My role is to complete a thorough functional evaluation—identifying medical needs, goals, and what equipment will actually maximize independence—then document why that CRT is medically necessary. I partner with CRT providers so the people I serve can get the technology they need."

#CRTAwareness26. #ItTakesAllOfUs

Day 3 - Wednesday, September 16 - I Am A Complex Rehab Technology Manufacturer

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"I’m part of a CRT manufacturing team. Complex Rehab Technology isn’t mass-produced—every wheelchair, seating system, and component is built as a custom solution for one specific person. That’s the work I’m proud of: quality products designed around real medical and functional needs so people with disabilities can live healthier, more independent lives. On CRT Manufacturer Day, I’m sharing why that custom process matters. Learn more at www.ncart.us

#CRTAwareness26" #ItTakesAllOfUs

Day 4 - Thursday, September 17 - I Provide Complex Rehab Technology

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"I’m a Complex Rehab Technology provider and ATP. On CRT Provider Day I want people to see the full picture of what we do: we take the clinician’s functional eval and medical-necessity plan and turn it into the right equipment—configuring it, delivering it, modifying it, and standing behind it with ongoing service so it stays reliable. That work, plus the advocacy we do every day to protect policy and access, is how individuals with disabilities actually get the CRT they need to stay healthy and independent. Learn more at www.ncart.us"

#CRTAwareness26 #ItTakesAllOfUs

Day 5 - Friday, September 18 - I Am A CRT Advocate

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I'm a CRT advocate. The combined voices of consumers, clinicians, providers, manufacturers, and allies have always been the force that wins legislative and regulatory change—and they still are. Today is CRT Advocate Day, and every day we honor the thousands across the country who educate, speak up, and fight to establish and protect access to Complex Rehab Technology for people with disabilities. Together we keep making progress. Learn more and join in at www.ncart.us

#CRTAwareness26. #ItTakesAllOfUs

1. Download and Share:

Save these graphics and share them on your own social media pages, email them to friends and family, or use them in other places to increase awareness of Complex Rehab Technology!

2. Submit a Short Video About Your CRT Story:

We want to hear YOUR stories! For CRT Awareness Week, you can submit a short video recorded by using your phone or computer (whatever is easiest for you!)

When you submit your video, be sure to include:
- Self-introductions (names, hobbies, where you live, anything you want to share, etc)
- What kind of Complex Rehab Technology you or a loved one uses and how it maximizes possibilities
- Why access to Complex Rehab Technology important to you
- Why and how you advocate for access to CRT
Once you've completed your masterpiece, email it to us at [email protected] (MP4 file format is preferred)

We will compile all of the videos sent our way to create one big advocacy message from our whole community that can be shared to promote access to CRT. We are celebrating how awesome CRT is and want to be able to include your message, so please remember to keep your video positive and constructive.

*Submitting your video to the email above indicates your acknowledgment and permission for NCART to use, at their discretion, your video and images in their advocacy marketing materials. NCART reserves the right to not include any videos with inappropriate messaging or language.