Harder Facts of Assistive Technology

BoingBoing has a useful post about very appropriate technology—cardboard-based—in service of purpose-built furniture for kids with disabilities.

"Gee whiz lookit this tech" articles are a dime a dozen, but the comments on this one explore the lifecycle costs and challenges: between the huge overhead of the current health care system and the wide-spread poverty of families with disabled members, even the coolest "pilot" projects are not the answer.