{"id":56464,"date":"2001-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2001-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/96caa7ca-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2001-03-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2001-03-05T00:00:00","slug":"96caa7dd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/96caa7dd-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"GDDC gets new AT device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor&#8217;s Developmental Disabilities Council disclosed that various programs will be aggressively implemented this year to help individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Only recently, AT Demonstration, Training and Resource Center program manager Dr. Celia B. Lamkin received a powered wheelchair from Adonis and Josephine Santos of Auto Marine Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The powered wheelchair, which costs an estimated $3,000, will be used as part of AT devices at the center to help individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>The center was put up as a resource and training area for individuals with disabilities who need assistance and devices for therapy sessions. The center also provides consumers additional knowledge on proper use of AT devices.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The purpose of the donation is for the AT Project&#8217;s demonstration and training activities that are extended to consumers, service providers, and the general public,&#8221; Dr. Lamkin explained.<\/p>\n<p>The donated wheelchair will be used also for the AT project&#8217;s Loan Program which will be implemented in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governor&#8217;s Developmental Disabilities Council disclosed that various programs will be aggressively implemented this year to help individuals with disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}