I don’t know about ya’ll, but in my personal opinion the best time of the year is right around the corner. I love fall for the weather, foliage changes and my favorite holiday, Halloween. The very first day of September I get excited thinking about all the Halloween festivities that are around the corner. Halloween is […]
Author: Nikol Prieto
What do ice buckets, Stephen Hawking and voice banking have in common?
You almost can’t get on social media without seeing people dumping buckets of ice water over their heads. This is the ALS ice bucket challenge and it’s soaking the nation. With the ALS ice bucket challenge you have 24 hours to dump a bucket of ice water over your head once you have been challenged […]
“Be a self-advocate and investigate resources”- an interview with Terri Whitaker
Terri Whitaker is a vibrant, young lady who always puts her best fashion foot forward. I have worked on a couple of projects with Terri and she has such a positive energy and is always such a joy to be around! I recently visited Terri to talk to her about her current position that she […]
Science fiction meets real life to help paralyzed individuals walk again!
The silver screen has given us many images of incredible exoskeletons used to fight aliens and crime. One of the first exoskeletons was in a 1967 movie called “The Ambusher” which gave humans super strength to carry things. The Power Loader then became iconic in the movie Aliens when Sigourney Wearer used the exoskeleton to fight […]
Cool tools that help a teacher teach life skills to special needs students.
Shari Petersime has been a junior/high school life skills teacher for kids with special needs for many years. She has been teaching for a total of 38 years and currently teaches the life skills class at North Eastern Wayne High School in Fountain City, IN. She teaches the kids in this class how to cook, […]
INDATA Project is Away at Gadget Camp!
The staff of the Indata Project is away at Gadget Camp this week. We are fortunate to host a camp for kids who use augmentative communication devices on the beautiful Butler University campus. We may not have blog posts this week, but look for Friday’s podcast and highlights about our camp experience coming soon.