• Under funding and funding caps forcing individuals to accept a less than optimal equipment solution that does not address their needs

• Funding delays forcing people to source inappropriate equipment just to try and get by

• Therapists forced to act as fund raisers or funding gate keepers making it difficult to properly focus

on the end user’s needs

• A prescriptive approach to providing equipment that does not properly engage and empower the end user and fails to involve them fully in the selection of equipment