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Episode 9: Special Guest Liz Henry (Grassroots Open Assistive Tech)

The link will go here at 2pm on Saturday, Feburary 15th.

We can now be found at @aaronswartzday.bsky.social.

Date: February 15, 2025 
Time: 2pm PST/10 pm UTC
Who: Special Guest Liz Henry

URL: Will be here at 2pm PST/10PM UTC Feb 15th

Discussing:  GOAT (Grassroots Open Assistive Tech), Right to Repair,

Liz Henry, GOAT (Grassroots Open Assistive Tech)
  • Customized DIY Wheelchair repair kits
  • Archiving and Curation of Instruction Manuals and Technical Documentation
  • Right to Repair applied to DME (Durable Medical Equipment) and powerchairs in particular
  • Shifting Mindsets
  • Building Ecosystems

Plus a shout out to others doing this work:

https://whirlwindwheelchair.org/ Whirlwind Wheelchair International

Erik Kondo

Make Good 

MIF Mobility Independence Foundation

Bay Area – 

easy does it

https://thecil.org/  Center for Independent Living (Berkeley)

ILRCSF ,  Independent Living Resource Center SF

CriptasticHacker / C.R.I.P.S.R.I.S.E. 

RadMadLab at Berkeley – 

Jen Mankoff at U Washington and https://make4all.org/ 

And so many others!