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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…
Join Our Study and Earn a $55 Honorarium
The Neil Squire Research and Development Group is looking for more testers for a study. Do you have difficulty using your hands and arms and…
Vancouver Hack Space Helps Makers Making Change Build Over 30 LipSyncs
We were in need of LipSyncs, and Vancouver Hack Space (VHS) answered the call. While we’ve been hosting many successful virtual builds during the course…
Rachel Makes and Adapts Devices for Her Students
Rachel Thiros is a pediatric occupational therapist at a school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who works with students with various disabilities. “I’m also an assistive technology…
Five Assistive Devices to Improve Digital Access
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Devices like computers, smartphones, and tablets have become so vital in our everyday lives, whether we’re using them…
Maker Spotlight: Garry Bartsch
Garry Bartsch is an inventor like his father before him. “That’s in my blood, I guess,” he says from Edmonton, Alberta. “I’ve always liked drawing…
Students and Scouts in Fredericton Build Over 100 Switches
Thanks to our partners at the New Brunswick Premier’s Council on Disabilities and National AccessAbility Week, Makers Making Change held a number successful builds in…
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…