Roxanne Peacock has used several of The INDATA Project’s services and I spoke with her to learn about her and her experience in utilizing these services. I learned that Roxanne is 55-years-old and she has been married for 18 years. She has 5 children and 2 grandchildren. She grew up in a small town in […]
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Consumer Highlight: Libbe Hoogeveen
I met with Libbe in his downtown Indianapolis apartment to learn about his experience in receiving a computer from The INDATA Project’s computer reutilization program. I was greeted by Libbe and invited to take a seat in is living room. We began to talk and he told me a little about himself. He told me […]
Consumer Highlight: Tula Mae Cross
I went to Carmel, Indiana to meet Tula Mae Cross to learn about her experience in using The INDATA Project at Easterseals Crossroads’ Equipment Loan Library. In talking with Tula Mae, I learned that she was born in January 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her father was born in 1861 and had Tula Mae when he […]
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Building Support for People with Brain Injuries
In the summer of 2016, Mike Vaughan’s life changed forever. A semi-truck crushed his small Volkswagen Golf, and he sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) — one of the leading causes of death and disability across the globe. Vaughan’s long recovery in the hospital and at home left him feeling increasingly isolated and confined. A […]
Consumer Highlight: Berlon Frasier
I traveled to Shelbyville, Indiana to meet with Berlon Frasier to learn about his experience in borrowing assistive technology from The INDATA Project at Easterseals Crossroads’ Equipment Lending Library, which is an assistive technology loan program where people in the state of Indiana can borrow assistive technology equipment for free 30 days. When I arrived, […]
Consumer Highlight: Krystyl Dumas
I visited the Ivy Tech Student Life Center in Fort Wayne, IN to meet with Krystyl Dumas. Krystyl has been working with Jim Rinehart, Assistive Technology Specialist, at Easterseals Crossroads to obtain assistive technology that will assist her in maintaining her position as a teacher at Ivy Tech. I met with Krystyl in her office […]