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Makers Making Change(new window) (a division of the Neil Squire Society) is hosting a free workshop series designed to connect makers to people with disabilities who need assistive technology. These workshops have already seen success across Canada, and now, Makers Making Change is setting its sights on New Brunswick. What They Do Makers Making Change…

Whether we’re ready for it or not, Virtual Reality (VR) is here. The technology is still in its infancy, but we’re already seeing some very interesting and unexpected applications for the technology. Of course, mega-corporations like Facebook, Google, Samsung, and Valve are all looking to claim their own piece of the proverbial pie, adding momentum…

Today we’re going to shed some light on one of our AT partners, Makers Making Change, and take a look at their newly re-designed website which can be found at www.makersmakingchange.com(new window). Makers Making Change is a Neil Squire Society initiative that allows AT users to connect with AT in a brand new way by…

A young man and a technician building the LipSync.

On May 30 2018, Neil Squire Society’s Makers Making Change hosted a LipSync build-a-thon at Moncton High School for the province’s Disability Awareness Week. The event was focused around building the LipSync, a piece of assistive technology designed to allow individuals to use their smartphones, tablets or computers without the use of their hands or…

In a previous e-bulletin we discussed some of the different kinds of Digital Pens that are on the market right now. If you aren’t familiar with digital pens, we suggest you take a look back at the article(new window). To put it briefly, Digital pens are highly advanced and compact pieces of assistive technology that…

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