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We are a community of people who leverage, make and support the use of open source assistive technologies.
Clubs That Care: Engaged Youth Build Over 800 Devices!
That’s a wrap! Over the past six months, our Clubs That Care program supported Canadian clubs to build affordable assistive technology. Groups like engineering clubs,…
Clubs That Care: UBC Science Undergraduate Society
Through Clubs That Care, an initiative by Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program, we are helping university and post-secondary clubs and groups to build affordable…
Clubs That Care: UVic Biomedical Engineering Design
Through Clubs That Care, an initiative by Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program, we are helping university and post-secondary clubs and groups to build affordable…
Chapter Highlight: MMC Edmonton
Today we wanted to highlight our Edmonton Chapter, which joined Makers Making Change in 2021. The chapter is led by Janelle Singh, a biomedical engineering…
A Look at Our New Chapters
We wanted to introduce you to three of our new chapters — the Open Access Resource Centre (OARC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba; EAST at Nettleton STEAM…
Atlanta Chapter Builds 20 Switches at Georgia OT Conference
On Sunday, October 17th, the Atlanta Chapter of Makers Making Change, led by Shepherd Center occupational therapist Jasmin Brumby-Smith, closed the Georgia Occupational Therapy Association…
New Orleans Chapter Comes Together to Design Portable Adaptive Toilet
While the New Orleans Makers Making Change chapter is only a few months old, they’ve made tremendous progress on their first big project — the…
Chapter Highlight: Shepherd Center
The Shepherd Center is a 152 bed private not-for-profit hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in medical treatment, research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord…
OT Students Make Over 80 Switches in Western University Build
The Makers Making Change chapter in Southern Ontario held a successful first build event at Western University on March 24. Forty Occupational Therapy students at…