The growing trend of connecting the MAKER community with the field of Assistive Technology offers numerous advantages. These include the fact that creating AT provides more cost effective solutions, helps to avoid delays in the
funding process, and allows for increased customization of equipment. This workshop will introduce the attendees to concepts behind the AT Maker Movement such as:
What is the Arizona Chapter of Makers Making Change
How crowd sourcing is helping the field of assistive technology
What open source AT is and where to find it
How to build accessible online games with block coding
What is an Arduino
The science behind hacking toys
Presented by: Matthew Levac, MS, OTR/LPediatric Track