Computer Comfort Volunteer Returns the Favour
“I wanted to help out and give back to the Neil Squire Society because they were very helpful to me” says Bruce, a Computer Comfort Volunteer.
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Skip to Navigation“I wanted to help out and give back to the Neil Squire Society because they were very helpful to me” says Bruce, a Computer Comfort Volunteer.
The Ottawa Independent Living Resource Centre is a cross disability organization and local resource centre. Several of the participants in the Neil Squire Society’s Distance Computer Comfort Programs are also participants in our employment program, Independent Living Employment Assistance Program (iLeap).
The partnership between the Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley and Neil Squire Society has only just begun but it already feels like family – family sitting round the table enjoying ‘home delivery’.
James Murphy, a Best Buy Manager of Operations, has been volunteering as an online computer tutor with the Neil Squire Society since April 2011.
Steve struggled with his disabilities for quite some time and was finding it very challenging to maintain employment and his health at the same time. He felt that he needed to work full time, yet he was unable to manage because of his physical challenges.