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Susanna Sweeney-Martini currently attends the University of Washington, Seattle. She is
completing her courses with the aid of a power wheelchair and voice-input software.
A disability rights advocate in Nashville, Tennessee, Floyd Stewart became a quadriplegic after a car
accident in his mid-thirties. He now uses assistive technologies to run Middle Tennessee’s Center for
Independent Living.
Dr. Kent Cullers is a blind physicist who leads the Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute in Palo Alto, Calif.
Latoya Nesmith of Albany, NY uses a keyboard that mitigates her limited dexterity to
complete her classroom assignments. She plans on one day being a translator at the
United Nations.
At 93, Gladys Wong's profound hearing loss is not unusual for her age. Currently, over 40% of Americans 65 and older have a disability. Gladys
is determined to investigate new
technologies that can help alleviate her
handicap
Shoshana Brand using assistive technology to start her own small business, developing
movies that describe scenery, costumes and facial expressions for the visually impaired.
• http://www.ataccess.org/
• The mission of the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) is to increase the use of technology by children and adults with disabilities and functional limitations.