Computer Comfort

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How a dude holds down a 9-to-5 job despite his disability

August 18, 2015

My Time at Neil Squire “On a warm spring day I got an email. Chris Wright a wonderful (now blissfully retired) case manager from the Neil Squire Society had forwarded onto me a job posting. This job was a summer gig teaching people computer literacy in a program called Computer Comfort. I ignored this email […]

Computer Comfort Participant, Bhajan

“I’m lucky to be alive”

July 7, 2015

In 2007, Bhajan, who worked as a construction worker his whole life, was doing a routine roofing job when the ladder he climbed up slipped from the aluminum gutter it was resting upon, plunging him 20 feet to the ground.

Computer Comfort participant, Lindy

Another Chapter In Lindy’s Life

April 21, 2015

Lindy was born with severe cerebral palsy. She also has ataxia, poor balance, and poor speech. Originally from Hong Kong, she immigrated to Canada in 1990.

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A Holistic and Healing Experience

August 13, 2014

“It all began innocently enough with an opportunity to learn how to use a computer”, says Kevin, when recounting his experience at the Neil Squire Society.

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