ATLAS

Assistive
Technology 
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Stanford

Learn about Powered Clothing

The Avenidas Generations Lab is recruiting older adults to provide input to improve Seismic's line of powered clothing.

Seismic is an apparel company, located in Menlo Park, that seeks to transform people's relationship with clothing that enhances one's ability to move through life. Their goal is to shape human potential through a new integration of apparel and robotics called Powered Clothing™. Powered Clothing™ enables everyone - from older adults to athletes to people with a wide range of physical disabilities - to achieve their full mobility potential.

To learn more, schedule a one-hour appointment through Avenidas with Eric Gee by email or phoning him at 650/289-5409.

Older adults will be paid $25 to attend an initial orientation and selected individuals will be paid for each hour of future participation.

The initial orientation includes:

1. Watching a video that introduces Seismic and Powered Clothing™
2. Learning about enrollment opportunities for Seismic's user testing program
3. Be measured and fitted for a Seismic garment (selected individuals)

Ideal Powered Clothing™ users are those who:

• Experience difficulty with activities such as standing up from a seated position, climbing stairs, bending, etc
• Are active, engaged individuals
• Have a body mass index (BMI) less than 30

Day on the Beach

Join an Annual Fun, Free, and Accessible Adventure!

Day on the Beach is Shared Adventures' annual highlight event when more than 300 people with special needs, 400+ family members and friends, and over 250 enthusiastic volunteers team up to share a full day of adaptive sports: kayaking, outrigger canoeing, SCUBA diving, beach wheelchair rides, and life-changing memories. Day on the Beach has given participants and volunteers the unforgettable experience of breaking through barriers to see dreams become reality.

Generous volunteers will lay down over 170 pieces of plywood on frames, creating a unique 5,700 square foot platform on the sand that will enable those with mobility challenges to travel over it with ease and to participate in all the activities. Beach wheelchair rides will provide an opportunity to explore the shoreline in a new way.

Activities will include free live music and entertainment, free food, sandcastle building, and so much more. Participants of all ages - from four to 83 (so far) - have traveled from all around the country to attend Day on the Beach. Shared Adventures invites you to attend this special event and hopes to see you at the beach!

Inclusive Housing Community Advocacy Workshops

The Kelsey seeks to develop a solution for the disability housing crisis in the Bay Area that is financially sustainable, rooted in partnership, built for scale, and fully inclusive. It is envisioned to consist of mixed ability, mixed income housing communities where people of all abilities and backgrounds live, play, and serve together. The Kelsey team is working to unlock new capital for disability and affordable housing; leveraging existing public, private, and nonprofit partners; and creating housing models that are sustainable and replicable.

Lindsay Johnson, Director of Policy and Partnerships, reports, "The Kelsey recently received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to conduct an eight-month organizing and pre-development process to design, enable, and build inclusive communities. Part of this process includes engaging diverse local stakeholder teams to work towards new solutions. We would love to have community members of Stanford's Perspectives in Assistive Technology course who have an interest in disability or housing advocacy join our Silicon Valley team. Your attendance and participation is invited at our next workshop meeting in August. Please feel free to reach out to me at any time with your questions."