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Jaycee is a talented musician based out of Agassiz. She plays with the聽Vancouver Adapted Music Society,聽one of six societies supported by the聽Disability Foundation. Music played a big part in her recovery from surgery to remove a brain tumour.
鈥淚 am mostly deaf in my left ear,鈥 Zach explains. 鈥淚t impacted my employment when being delegated tasks since my brains recognition to speech was slow. This increased my anxiety drastically, making it hard to focus.鈥
Living in Montreal Lake, Saskatchewan, Renita had learned about Neil Squire from an ad on social media. She decided to join the Working Together program to find work that suited her needs.
For eight-year-old Emmett, one of his favourite parts of attending his first camp at Camp Jean Nelson in Water Valley, Alberta in May was a Makers Making Change device build, where he got hands-on experience making Light Touch Switches and Raindrop Switches that will go to people with disabilities.
Over the summer, Makers Making Change hosted nine build events at the TELUS World of Science Edmonton summer camps.