Bay Area Make-A-Thon
by Kim Lathrop, Administrative Assistant, CFILC
As an individual with extreme physical limitations (I was born without arms or legs) I have become more than acquainted with assistive technology and special mechanisms made with the intentions of making my life easier.
I say ‘intentions’ because the people who are behind the creating/making process are usually not people with disabilities. People without disabilities cannot begin to understand our day-to-day needs, the challenges we face nor the obstacles that surface in our path. For a huge chunk of my adult life I have always said, “I wish people with disabilities were behind the making process because we know our own needs better than anyone.”
And, after years of hoping and wishing for people with disabilities to be more of a part of developing AT, I finally had my wish granted!
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