[Assistive Tech] Making Assistive Technologies for People with Disabilities

World Maker Faire New York 2018

September 22nd-23rd

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Makers can play a unique and powerful roll in creating assistive technology solutions for people with disabilities. How can we channel volunteer makers and open-source solutions to maximize impact, in our communities and globally?

Chad Leaman

Chad Leaman is the Director of Innovation for the Neil Squire Society and cofounder of Makers Making Change. The Neil Squire Society offers technology, computer literacy and employment programming for people with disabilities. Makers Making Change connects makers to people with disabilities to create assistive technologies.

http://www.makersmakingchange.com

Jon Schull

Social Entrepreneur and Innovator. Founder e-NABLE, Enable Community Foundation, and e-NABLE.org. e-NABLE: Free, 3D-printed prosthetics, made by volunteers, for children and underserved populations.

http://e-nable.org/

Lizabeth Arum

Liz Arum supports educations outreach at Ultimaker, a co-organizer of Construct3D, and is currently working on developing a set of 25-50 3D-printable models that will be tested with visually impaired students at four test centers.

http://ultimaker.com

Holly Cohen

Holly is an occupational therapist and assistive technology practitioner and teaches Rehabilitation courses at NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Occupational Therapy. With cofounder John Schimmel, they have been involved with assistive technology design and implementation for several years and want to encourage more people to think creatively about technology and disabilities.

https://www.diyability.org/

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