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Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program and Youth Central have partnered up to teach youth STEM based skills and adapt toys for kids with disabilities as part of the Hacking for the Holidays campaign.
Dawn is a bookkeeper, having worked for the same employer for 15 years. She has Inclusion Body Myositis, an inflammatory muscle disease. She is losing the grip strength in her hands, has weakness in her legs, and has significant fatigue. This makes her job much harder, particularly because it involves a lot of typing, and affects her ability to get to and from work.
“[I have] constant anxiety going into meetings, if my phone rings, if someone comes to ask a question or talk to me,” Jamie shares.
Eliana works as a lead drafter for a construction firm in the Lower Mainland. Her job involves working with drafting software, as well as managing her team and communicating with the fabrication department. She has hearing loss in both ears.
Nand works full-time as a janitor. He has hearing loss, which can make it difficult to communicate with his co-workers. His audiologist referred him to WorkBC Assistive Technology Services for funding for hearing aids.