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>> WELL,

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RALPH BRAUN, A HOOSIER

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ENTREPRENEUR WHO SPENT MOST OF

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HIS LIFE IN A WHEELCHAIR,

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LAUNCHED HIS COMPANY 50 YEARS

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AGO, AND BRAUNABILITY HAS GROWN

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INTO ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN

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THE MOBILITY INDUSTRY. FOUNDED

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IN WINAMAC AND STILL

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MANUFACTURING THERE, THE COMPANY

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IS CELEBRATING ITS 50TH

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ANNIVERSARY IN A UNIQUE WAY.

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BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER

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KYLIE VELETA HAS MORE.

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>> THANK YOU, GERRY.

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BRAUNABILITY IS MARKING 50 YEARS

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BY BUILDING 50 FREE WHEELCHAIR

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RAMPS IN 50 DAYS FOR HOOSIERS

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WHO WOULD, OTHERWISE, HAVE NO

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WAY TO SAFELY GET OUT OF THEIR

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HOME.

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THE COMPANY IS A GLOBAL LEADER

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IN MANUFACTURING WHEELCHAIR

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ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES AND

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WHEELCHAIR LIFTS...BUT

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BRAUNABILITY SAYS THEIR PRODUCTS

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DON'T MATTER IF PEOPLE WITH

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DISABILITIES CAN'T FIRST GET OUT

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OF THEIR HOME.

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JOINING ME NOW TO TELL US HOW

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THE RAMPS AT HOME CONNECT WITH

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THEIR MISSION IS MEGAN WEGNER,

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SENIOR BRAND MANAGER,

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BRAUNABILITY

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>> HI, MEGAN.

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.

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>> HI, KYLIE.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> LET'S START WITH A QUICK

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REFRESHER.

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GIVE US A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT

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YOU DO THERE.

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>> ISSUE, BRAUNABILITY IS A

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GLOBAL LEADER IN TRANSPORTATION

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SOLUTIONS.

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WE CHANGE LIVES BY MAKING SURE

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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND

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THEIR FAMILIES CAN SAFELY AND

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INDEPENDENTLY TRAVEL.

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>> RIGHT.

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SO, THIS FOCUS IS ON VEHICLES

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AND GETTING IN AND OUT OF

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VEHICLES AND DRIVING WHILE

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THEY'RE IN THE VEHICLES,

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OBVIOUSLY.

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YOU HAVE A HISTORY THERE IN

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WINIMAC AND CENTRAL INDIANA,

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TOO.

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A GREAT FOUNDING STORY.

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GIVE US YOUR HISTORY THERE.

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>> SURE.

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OUR FOUNDER'S NAME WAS RALPH

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BRAUN, BORN BACK IN THE 1940S.

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AT A YOUNG AGE HE FOUND OUT HE

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HAS MAS - MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.

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HIS PARENTS WERE DEVASTATED AND

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TOOK HIM TO A HOSPITAL AND THEY

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SAID HE PROBABLY WOULDN'T LIVE

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TO BE AN ADULT AND SHOULD BE

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HOSPITALIZED FOR THE REST OF HIS

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LIFE.

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THEY SAID THAT'S NOT FOR US AND

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BROUGHT HIM HOME AND WHEN HE

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STARTED TO LOSE STRENGTH, HE AND

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HIS DAD ENGINEERED THE FIRST

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MOTORIZED SCOOTER TO GET AROUND

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ON HIS OWN.

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AND HE ENGINEERED ALONG WITH HIS

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DAD A WAY TO GET A WHEELCHAIR IN

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AN OLD POSTAL JEEP AND THAT WAS

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THE FIRST EVER WHEELCHAIR

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ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE.

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AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE SAW HIM

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DRIVING AROUND IN HIS WHEELCHAIR

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AND SAID I HAVE A FAMILY OR

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FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR WHO COULD USE

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SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND RALPH

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SAID I THINK THERE'S A BUSINESS

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HERE.

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WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH

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ANNIVERSARY.

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>> GREAT.

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YOU STILL MANUFACTURE THERE IN

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WINIMAC AND YOU HAVE

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HEADQUARTERS IN CARMEL.

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TELL US ABOUT THE 50 FREE RAMPS.

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>> SURE, WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE

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OUR ANNIVERSARY BY GIVING BACK

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TO OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE WE LIVE

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AND WORK.

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WE PARTNERED WITH THIS AMAZING

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ORGANIZATION IN INDIANA CALLED

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SAWS WHO BUILDS RAMPS FOR

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HOOSIERS AND HELP THEM GET OUT

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OF THEIR HOME.

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THAT'S A PERFECT MATCH.

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THE PRODUCTS WE BUILD HELP

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PEOPLE EXPLORE THE WORLD AROUND

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THEM, BUT THEY'RE USEFUL IF YOU

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ARE TRAPPED INSIDE YOUR HOMES.

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WE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT WAY

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TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES

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AND GROUND OUR EMPLOYEES IN OUR

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MISSION AND THE PEOPLE WE'RE

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HELPING EVERY DAY.

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>> AND A GOOD PORTION OF THOSE

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RAMPS ARE ALREADY BUILT.

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YOU ALSO FOUND OUT THAT

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BRAUNABILITY WON FIRST PLACE AND

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A $1 MILLION PRICE IN A RECENT

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COMPETITION WITH THE U.S.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

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TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

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>> YEAH, IT WAS AN EXCITING WEEK

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FOR US.

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WE FOUND OUT ON TUESDAY, WHICH

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WAS THE 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE

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ADA THAT BRAUNABILITY AND PURDUE

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UNIVERSITY TOGETHER WON THIS

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AWARD.

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IT WAS A DESIGN CHALLENGE.

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A PROTOTYPE OF THE FUTURE OF

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AUTONOMOUS, INCLUSIVE TRAVEL.

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AND THAT $1 MILLION WILL GO TO

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FUNDING THAT RESEARCH AND

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DEVELOPMENT.

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>> AND IF YOU COULD, JUST TOUCH

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ON LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, JUST A

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FEW SECONDS LEFT.

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WHAT KIND OF TRENDS DO YOU SEE

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IN MOBILITY?

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WHAT DO YOU SEE FOR THE FUTURE

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OF BRAUNABILITY?

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>> WE'RE DEFINITELY FOCUSED ON

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ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND OUR EYES

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ARE DEFINITELY ON AUTONOMOUS

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TRAVEL, TOO.

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THAT CAN BE A REAL GAME CHANGER

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FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

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>> ALL RIGHT.