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Volunteers on PEI Learn to Customize Toys for People With Disabilities
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CBC P.E.I. (@cbcpei) Twelve-year-old Rachel Matheson was taking apart a toy dog, adding a…
2022 Year in Review
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Makers Making Change (@makersmakingchange) As we start off 2023, we wanted to take a…
Thank You for Helping Us Deliver Over 600 Adapted Toys!
We did it! Thanks to your support, we have hosted over 100 events, and delivered 649 adapted toys and 952 switches to children with disabilities…
R&D Summer Update
Over the summer, our Research and Development team has been hard at work on a variety of projects. Here’s a rundown of some of the…
Makers Making Change Helps the Movement Centre Provide Their Clients With Affordable AT
The Movement Centre of Manitoba in Winnipeg specializes in conductive education rehabilitation, working with clients of all ages with neurological motor disorders to learn skills…
Occupational Therapists Making Change
Makers Making Change Helps Occupational Therapists Find Affordable Assistive Technology Solutions for Their Clients Since Makers Making Change’s inception in 2016, we’ve made it a…
Kerilyn Brings Her Assistive Design Experience to Makers Making Change
Fourth year Dalhousie University mechanical engineering student Kerilyn Kennedy is no stranger to assistive design. Last year, she worked with fellow Dalhousie students and members…
Lucas and Olivia 3D Print Assistive Devices for Recreational Therapy
Over last summer, University of Alberta students Lucas Plamondon and Olivia Tronchin worked together during their work experience at Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital to print assistive…
Students at Sato Academy Inspired After Taking Part in #ATWorldRecord
Sato Academy is a four year STEM high school in Long Beach, California. With about 460 students, students in ninth to 12th grade specialize in…