Grants Enhance Maquettes Assistance Center

The Assistive Technology Center (ATC), sponsored by the Lansing-based United Cerebral Palsy foundation, helps those with disabilities increase their independence through the use of technology. The Mining Journal wrote that thanks to two major grants, the ATC opened a new public computer lab.

ATC Director Sarah Menzel says that they “received about $25,000 USD in technology from the Beaumont Foundation and a $9,000 USD grant from the Christopher Reeves Paralysis Association.” The $25,000 USD technology grant included ten new Toshiba laptops, five of which will be used for the community computer lab. The other five laptops will be used for the center’s loan closet to provide computers for persons who would benefit from a computer but don’t have access to one.

“Much of the assistive technology software can be used for people with learning disabilities, dyslexia and then there’s the voice recognition software,” Menzel said. “The voice recognition software is great for people who have issues with written expression all the way to people with a spinal cord injury or rheumatoid arthritis.”

Source: The Mining Journal