Aliakbar Overcomes Employment and Language Barriers With WorkBC Assistive Technology Services
Since immigrating to Canada, Aliakbar has had a hard time finding employment. He faced a language barrier, a lack of Canadian education, and hearing loss.
Did You Read MMC’s OT Series? Catch All Five Parts Here
In our leadup to this year’s CAOT Conference, Makers Making Change published a story each week on occupational therapists’ experiences with Makers Making Change, with looks at OTs who have requested and received devices, and OTs who make and lead chapters.
Twitch Switch and Lift Switch Design Update
Our friends at the Stan Cassidy Centre for Rehabilitation have developed two new assistive switches and are improving the designs.
New Hearing Aids Make a “Night and Day Difference” for Steve
Steve works as a paralegal in the Lower Mainland. The job is front-facing and services-oriented — he is responsible for producing documents for lawyers that clients need, as well as interacting with clients. He also has hearing loss.
Built-in Accessibility Features for Students
Today, we are going to look at some cutting-edge accessibility features that come built-in to mainstream technology. These features are free, they already exist on the device in question, and they are typically fairly easy to activate and operate.