Welcome!

Hi, I’m Michelle Lange. Welcome to Access to Independence, Inc.! Find out more about our company, our services, and how you can contact us. We would love to hear from you!

Access to Independence, Inc. provides assistive technology solutions to people with disabilities.

Assistive Technology includes the areas of positioning, mobility, speech generating devices, computers, and electronic aids to daily living. Access is how a person controls that technology, such as using a joystick to drive a power wheelchair. The goal of using assistive technology is to increase independence in daily living tasks, such as mobility.

Services include Education, and Consultation. Please click on the Services Tab above for more information.

Access to Independence, Inc. is owned by Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ATP/SMS.

For more information, please click on the About Us Tab.

What's Coming Up?

Interested in Education? See upcoming Webinars and In-Person Courses below. Click on a link to register!

Further Education information can be found under the Education Tab.

Next Webinars:

Muscle Tone and Tone Management: General Positioning Strategies for Clients with Increased Tone

Seating Dynamics

October 7, 2026

Wheelchair Seating Assessment: Translating Findings to Recommendations

OccupationalTherapy.com

November 5, 2026

Manual Wheelchairs: Options for Clients Who Cannot Self-Propel

OccupationalTherapy.com

November 10, 2026

Clinical Applications of Manual Wheelchair Mobility: Self-Propulsion

PhysicalTherapy.com

December 3, 2026

Next In-Person Courses:

Wheelchair Positioning for the Client with Spinal Asymmetries

California Children's Services

Virtual

September, 28, 2026

Wheelchair Positioning Clients with Increased Muscle Tone

Pediatric Mobility

MedBridge

Virtual

November 13, 2026

Positioning the Head

Quebec Congress on Positioning and Mobility

Levi, Quebec

November 23, 2026

Speech Generating Devices: Beyond Talking

Access, Vision, and Mounting

NSSEO Institute Day

Palatine, IL

January 4, 2027