David Wallace Email & Phone Number

The Adapt-Able Design Group helps clients overcome the effects of aging and disability that result in mobility/strength/endurance/ balance limitations, brain injury, and vision or hearing loss through innovative design.David is recognized by clients, occupational therapists, case managers, life care planners, lawyers, and insurance companies for his practical knowledge on accessibility, barrier-free design, universal design, and policy. He is a strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills, considerable knowledge and experience on how disability affects function, and how appropriate design can help mitigate disability.David testifies as an expert in Ontario Superior Court and arbitration hearings, he is a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, Department of Occupational Science and Therapy, and at the Rotman School of Management’s MBA program. He is a speaker at conferences, and a resource to the media on accessibility trends, techniques and methods.The core of David’s strengths comes from his experience working on a long-term basis with hundreds of clients on architectural design, quantifying construction value, evaluating alternative options and associated costs, contract negotiation and management. He takes the time to listen to others and is non-judgmental and unbiased when giving opinion, advice and guidance. To him the relevance is to help people make informed decisions and to create meaningful solutions for his clients within their budget. David offers hands-on assistance through every step of the process.Previously working for a private sector rehabilitation firm as their Serious Injury Specialist, David went on to develop a business stream as the Program Manager / Senior Case Manager for the Canadian Paraplegic Association at Lyndhurst Hospital, Ontario’s premier spinal cord injury rehabilitation hospital before joining Adapt-Able.

Based out of Lyndhurst Hospital, David initiated start-up and development of case management services to the private sector (medical-legal), specializing in providing services to clients who sustained catostrophic injury (spinal cord injury, amputation, brain injury, and other serious injuries). Providing expert objective advice, opinion and recomendations as a medical-legal consultant including discharge planning, home modification, return to school and work, and coordination of community-based rehabilitation services.

Providing case management services for the company's most seriously injured clients including those who sustain brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, etc.

Coordinating with clients and hospital discharge planners from various rehabilitation centres to facilitate a return home for clients who had been seriously injured.Facilitating home modifications and delivery of publically funded, community-based rehabilitation, return to work, and community access.Development of a peer support network linking people who had regained their independence following spinal cord injury with those who were newly injured.Education and support to individuals and their family's pertaining to living with a spinal cord injury or other mobility impairment.