Chapter Highlight: CATCH Brings MMC to Hawaii
We’d like to give a big welcome to one of the newest Makers Making Change chapters, the Center for Assistive Technology and Communication Hawaii (CATCH).
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“We brainstormed what my needs were and what I’d like to try out. And the beauty of this is I can try things out without breaking the bank,” Sarah says. “Living on a pension limits my ability to experiment with expensive things.”
Moses says the thing that he benefitted the most from was the “donation of technology geared specifically to my flavour of blindness.”
“How I work with people around me changed, personally, in a good way. On how I am more confident in working with other people. I am more open in speaking with others as I know I can hear them better. As compared to before, I’d rather stay quiet as I know I would always have a hard time hearing them and would feel embarrassed on asking them to keep repeating what they said.”
Tammy’s tenacity paid off when she interviewed at an employment support agency that helps people with developmental disabilities in Lethbridge, Alberta. Though Tammy did not have field experience, she impressed the hiring managers with her enthusiasm and perseverance.