Cassandra finds her entrepreneurial spirit
Before her stroke, Cassandra was an active 22 year old woman who worked in retail and enjoyed spending time with her friends. Now, she works towards self-employment with the help of Working Together.
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Skip to NavigationBefore her stroke, Cassandra was an active 22 year old woman who worked in retail and enjoyed spending time with her friends. Now, she works towards self-employment with the help of Working Together.
Wes is 67 years old. He stays active dragon boating twice a week. He鈥檚 accomplished, having won a couple of gold medals with his team, and hopes to compete in Hungary soon. He is visually impaired.
Over 48 hours in January of 2017, Inventors, Creators, Hackers, and Change Makers came together in Vancouver to build open source assistive technologies for people with disabilities. This is Jim & Isabelle’s story.
Having put four years of hard work into a Computer Science degree, Michael, who has OCD, expected to find a good job. However, he graduated in 2000 when the dot-com bubble burst, and couldn’t find work. Since then, he had re-entered the workforce, but was stuck in mostly minimum wage jobs he disliked.
Rodger was already employed when he came to the 今日吃瓜51. He had been working as a security guard for the past two and a half years, yet he had been working less than 10 hours a week, and was feeling seriously financially strained.