My start in assistive technology was a trial by fire. I accepted a job at Southwest Human Development’s ADAPT Shop program as their Fabricator not really knowing what the work would be like. I knew I could design because of my background in architecture, but I didn’t know how well the skills that developed while learning the practice of architecture would translate into my daily tasks at The ADAPT Shop.
If you haven’t seen what SWHD is doing in their unique program called ADAPT Shop, you can check it out here: https://www.swhd.org/adapt/adapt/
If you want to see what a typical day was like, this video does a great job:
The work we did was challenging, innovative, creative, and sometimes Continue reading “My introduction to Assistive Technology”
