ENP 105 Assistive Tech-- Cardboard Carpentry

http://media.wix.com/ugd//d3e2e3_0dc5750fc2d0892fc02adc4961ab6a11.pdf

The above attachment will link you to instructions for building any adaptive piece of furniture for children and people with physical disabilities out of CARDBOARD...yes...CARDBOARD. Adaptive devices, OT, and engineering go hand in hand. My Tuesday night seminar with Jennifer Buxton, an Assistive Technology Practitioner at Tufts has become one of my favorite classes this semester. I look forward to a design project in engineering in the local community toward the end of the semester.

Tufts OT and Engineers have only 1 class available to them as of right now to partner for building technology to help people with learning, physical and mental disabilities. To me, that seems ridiculous--especially since Robotics in OT has been given grant money, research, and success at an institutional level that I witnessed at the Medical University of South Carolina.

Social Entrepreneurship...assistive tech...legos??

So it's been awhile since I've written. Mostly because I have created a separate website with a separate blog...all about developing apps for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Guess you could say that I've been busy.

So after a fellowship spot in my freshman year at Tufts in Compass Partners, I became a little bit passionate about entrepreneurship. I read articles everyday, plan the next step with the app I'm designing, and I even booked an $800 plane flight to the Autism Speaks Hackathon this July in San Francisco. Crazy? Maybe. But you only live once and if you have that gut feeling that you love what you're doing, and what you're doing is Good...book the plane flight. Take the jump. Reach out to others.

So here's an article that I read today. Passing it onto you all who hopefully still read this blog or aspire to something greater than yourself.

http://under30ceo.com/building-apps-in-a-dorm-to-mobile-innovation-interview-with-alex-moazed-of-applico/

~ D.

Autism Sees Launches! Engineering Assistive Technology

This year I have taken technology to a new level at the Boston Medical Center in the Autism Resource Program. Learning about assistive technology, iOS and software development for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders. I have designed my own app, which my business partner Isabella Slaby and I are coding ourselves. iContact is our new product launching before the start of next school year if all goes well. Make sure to check out our company: www.autismsees.com later this week~ the company's website is officially being launched tonight, along with a KickStarter profile to raise money for the Text to Speech technology Isabella and I want to incorporate in the app. Best everyone and keep engineering, designing, and moving.

Snow Snow Snow---Spring Break Spring Break

Hey Guys! Second semester has been great. I'm still at Argenziano, but with a new teacher named Ms. Murphy. I'm teaching fifth grade with my partner Joe Singh, a Comp Science and IR double major. I took the driving test so now I drive the two of us with the STOMP car to Ms. Murphy's class. Next Friday we are FINALLY starting environmental engineering, where the students will build water filters. This lesson has been delayed a little while due to the TONS of snow we have been getting, winter breaks and field trip-reschedulings. Can't wait to post some pictures of my new class! Also check out www.codeacademy.com. I've been doing 10 minutes everyday to learn computer programming. There is a curriculum for kids online that Joe and I might turn into our final project with Ms. Murphy's class.

Best, Danielle