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Fisayo works with a non-profit organization that promotes inclusion and assists immigrants. 鈥淚 am paraplegic which means I have mobility challenges, and need a functional and light wheelchair to get around at work,鈥 she explains.
Thanks to our partners at the聽New Brunswick Premier鈥檚 Council on Disabilities聽and聽National AccessAbility Week, Makers Making Change held a number successful builds in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Jaycee is a talented musician playing with the Vancouver Adapted Music Society. Music played a big part in her recovery from surgery to remove a brain tumour.
Mowry is a renowned sculptor who has operated a studio in Victoria for over 45 years. 鈥淏ecause I am hard of hearing, I have difficulty communicating with my studio assistants, with fabricators, engineers, public art consultants, and journalists,鈥 he explains.
The Makers Making Change聽chapter in Southern Ontario held a successful first build event at聽Western University on March 24.Forty Occupational Therapy students at Western participated in the build, each making at least one raindrop switch and a light touch switch 鈥 over 80 switches.