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A web designer, inventor, entrepreneur, advocate, and much more, Ean is a man of many talents. His company, ICAN Resource Group Inc., is just as diverse, with services ranging from medical assistive technology to multimedia development. However, Ean has Muscular Dystrophy (SMA Type 2), and needed a tablet to communicate his ideas to clients, as well as a Bluetooth module to interface the tablet with his chair.
Before coming to the Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program, Deborah was feeling frustrated and negative toward her job search and felt that things just weren’t working for her.
Zeb couldn’t find any work. That’s when a relative suggested he go to the Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program in Penticton, BC.
With the help of the Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program, the South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS) were able to grow their staff and get much needed work done that they wouldn’t have otherwise had the resources to do.
Being partially sighted and night blind, the commute home from work used to be a nightmare for Rod Tam. “Night travel used to be a very stressful adventure,” explains Rod. “Being night blind, I always have to guess what is in front of me and around me when I am walking in the dark.