It’s been a busy couple of weeks. We were amazed with the and won first prize at ! We had build events with nonprofit disability organization’s in Washington State, , and in the BC Interior at UBC Okanagan. We’ve met and reconnected with a lot of great people, and have built another 20 LipSyncs. But it’s the stories of the people impacted – both volunteer and people with disabilities – that really touched us.
鈥淚t is so fulfilling and so joyful to a person who鈥檚 had so much lost that it鈥檚 just a very important thing to help people get this independence back,鈥 says Lynne Taylor, pictured above, who took part in the event after her son became a quadriplegic after a car accident.
鈥淭his is really good to open people鈥檚 minds and show people that there is a device out there that will allow them to continue on in life and it鈥檚 great for me to watch somebody use the device for the first time and go, 鈥榟oly crap, now I can text again’,” says Ean Price, pictured below.
Above: Ean Price in wheelchair shares how accessible technology including the Lipsync empowers people with disabilities.
Read the event wrap-up and watch a video in the , and have a look at our for more media coverage.