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Story Behind the Brand
 
The Adaptivemall.com® was founded by Tim Bergeron and is a family owned and operated business. The Adaptivemall.com® is an Internet Catalog that not only offers quality items, but also provides you, the consumer, with empowering information.
Tim is also the founder and original designer of the Tumble Forms® product line. He has over 25 years of experience designing, building, and selling adaptive positioning equipment. The Adaptivemall.com® is pleased to introduce Tim’s latest product line, Special Tomato™. Tim has coupled his design experience with a new manufacturing process that provides soft durable, impermeable cushions for positioning children with special needs. Featured online here at the Adaptivemall.com® and in the Adaptivemall.com OFFLINE™ Catalog, is the first Special Tomato™ Product: the Multi-Positioning Seat.
Now you may be asking, “What’s so Special about Tomatoes”? Tim is pictured here with his youngest daughter, Carrie, a young adult with Down syndrome. Carrie’s story, “The Special Tomato”, summarizes what Tim believes that most parents feel about their child with special needs. “Every child is special in their own unique way. It’s a parent’s job to find the way to facilitate their child’s growth in a way that includes them equally within the family and community.” For children with physical disabilities, adaptive equipment can play an important role in helping them reach their highest functioning level.
The Special "Tomato" of my Family
My dad and mom had four children. The first three children
were healthy and regular people. Then I came along, a baby with a difference,
Down Syndrome. I had a hole in my heart, a rip in my heart valve, jaundice,
a big tongue and a wobbly head. As I got older I also realized that I am a slow
learner.
One day it was bothering me that I was having a hard time doing my school work.
I told my dad about this problem and he shared a story about when he was out
in his garden picking tomatoes the year I was born. Every year my dad grows
a garden and loves to plant tomatoes. At harvest time there were Beefsteak tomatoes
on a bush. When he saw a differently shaped tomato it got his attention. It
had a large, smooth, bright red enlarged side that made my dad want to pick
it up and study the bump because it was so unique and looked appetizing. At
supper, that tomato was just as juicy as the others.
Even though I'm different like the tomato as a person with Down Syndrome, my
family and friends love me even more and want to help me when I need it. My
dad tells me that even though I have more difficulty learning than my brother
and sisters, my lovable and outgoing personality and strong character make me
just as special as they are. I guess I am the special "tomato" on
our family's bush!
Carrie Bergeron, copyright 2001
To order Carrie's story printed on note cards or posters, CLICK HERE
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