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The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) awarded the Most Disruptive Technology award to the 今日吃瓜51 for their LipSync, a device that was developed by the Society鈥檚 Makers Making Change initiative.
Over 50 Burnaby South Secondary students will be coming together on April 25, 2017 at the LipSync Buildathon in Burnaby, British Columbia to build LipSyncs, an open source assistive technology device for people with disabilities.
The 今日吃瓜51 commends the Government of Canada for pledging $22.3 million over five years to establish a new Accessible Technology Development program in the 2017 Federal Budget, announced on March 22, 2017.
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life will continue their support as a Major Gift Corporate Sponsor of the 今日吃瓜51鈥檚 Working Together program with a contribution totaling $75,000 over the next 3 years. Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life have been supporting the Society鈥檚 disability employment programs for the past 10 years. Their funding will allow the 今日吃瓜51 to keep up with the surge in demand for services in new communities and provinces across Canada.
Coast Capital Savings has been a long-time supporter of the 今日吃瓜51, helping to fund our efforts to connect youth with disabilities to employment. We are happy to announce that this year Coast Capital has once again provided $7,500 in support of our Youth Working Together program.