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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: UBC Science Undergraduate Society

March 16, 2023 | Categories: Chapter Highlight, Partner Highlight
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…

GAME Checkpoints Lay the Groundwork for Adapted Gaming

| Categories: News, Partner Highlight
Dating back to the Access Makeathon in 2017, Adapted Gaming has been a key focus of Makers Making Change since its inception as a Neil…

University of Lethbridge Agility Students Make Change

December 14, 2022 | Categories: Education, success story, Partner Highlight, Buildathon
The University of Lethbridge Agility program hosted two events in partnership with Makers Making Change, as part of their Youth Making Change initiative. In the…

McInnes Cooper and Law Students Adapt Toys for IWK Children’s Hospital

November 24, 2022 | Categories: News, Partner Highlight, Buildathon
Every year, McInnes Cooper hosts a volunteer event for incoming law students at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. This year, the corporate…

Families Make Toys Accessible at Brampton Library

October 27, 2022 | Categories: Buildathon, Event, News, Partner Highlight
On Saturday, October 15th, we were pleased to partner with Brampton Library to host a Youth Making Change family build event at their Springdale Branch.…

Fun With Making at D-Camps

September 7, 2022 | Categories: success story, Partner Highlight, Education
A diabetes diagnosis can be such a difficult time for a child — there are so many questions and so many things to learn. D-Camps,…

TELUS World of Science Summer Campers Build Over 200 Devices

Over the summer, Makers Making Change hosted nine build events at the TELUS World of Science Edmonton summer camps. Kids were introduced to Makers Making…

Makers Making Change Helps the Movement Centre Provide Their Clients With Affordable AT

May 18, 2022 | Categories: success story, Feature Blog, Partner Highlight
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…

Twitch Switch and Lift Switch Design Update

May 3, 2022 | Categories: Partner Highlight
Our friends at the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation have developed two new assistive switch designs, made possible by the Canadian Government’s Assistive Technology Program.…