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Consumer Highlight: Jordan Haisley

As a child, Jordan was more injury prone than others. She had “floppy reflexes” and could become injured very easily. She also always had difficulty writing and had an aide through high school. Jordan graduated from Muncie Southside High School in 2003 and went to Ivy Tech. During that time, she also worked at Sallie […]

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Consumer Highlight: Ben Perkins

Ben Perkins was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Broad Ripple High School. After high school, he went to live with his dad in Texas and started working at Texas Motors as a parts delivery pick-up driver. He then moved back to Indiana and went to C1 truck driving school and became an […]

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Consumer Highlight: Mason Metzger

Mason Metzger is a college student and has cerebral palsy. He uses a wheelchair and has minimal use of his hands and arms. He was struggling with computer access due to these limitations so he came to Easterseals Crossroads for an assistive technology evaluation. This evaluation assisted him in determining the best assistive technology to […]

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Consumer Highlight: Karolina Shiroka

Karolina Shiroka was born in Albania. Her family moved to Macedonia and then to Croatia where she finished high school. After finishing high school, she worked at the post office. In her 20’s, she moved to Indianapolis for her arranged marriage to a man who was from Albania, but had lived in Indianapolis for several […]

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Consumer Highlight: Candy Sherd

Candy Sherd was diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease in 2006 after having spinal meningitis in 2004. VKH is a rare disorder that causes a rapid loss of vision. Knowing that she would have progressive vision loss, Candy started preparing and made large prints of things such as important documents and her favorite recipes. Candy is […]