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From the AT Help Desk, we wish you all a happy holiday season! Remember to reach out to us if you have any AT-related question that you would like to have answered over the Christmas break. We will be checking emails and phone messages between Christmas and New Year’s Day and will be back to…

CNIB(new window)(Canadian National Institute of the Blind) has launched a new program called Phone It Forward that gives people a unique opportunity to donate their old phones, receive a tax receipt and empower people who are blind in the process. All phones donated in New Brunswick will be given to individuals with sight loss living…

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…

Each year, workplace injuries account for billions of dollars in lost revenue, with many of those injuries being preventable. Since practicing good ergonomics can mean the difference between a safe and healthy work environment, and one in which people experience unnecessary strain and injury, it is important to look at and evaluate each of the…

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Happy Holidays from the AT Helpdesk!

CNIB: Phone It Forward

Spotlight on AT Partners: Makers Making Change

Moncton High School Build-a-thon

Ergonomic Checklist