Stacy Springer, Occupational Therapist and Assistive Technology Specialist, has taken the lead of the CITTI Project Visual Guide.
As we continue our work with the families and communities of ecuador from past years, we add yet another focus for the CITTI project. This year we will be embarking on the development of The Visual Guide for Assistive Technology in the Developing World. The Visual Guide will document how to support individuals with disabilities through the use of strategies and tools that will utilize materials and resources from the local communities.
The Visual Guide, made possible through a grant from the Irene S. Scully Family Foundation and the Ruth and Marco Goodman Donor Advised Fund, will rely primarily on the use of photos to show how to make a tool, or how to implement a strategy for individuals with disabilities. The limited resources that are currently available do not reach many communities due to being text-based, thus requiring reading skills, and not being culturally appropriate.
While we know that the guide will document step-by-step processes for supporting individuals with disabilities in various meaningful and necessary performance areas (i.e. work, school, play, daily living), the specifics will unfold to ensure that the guide is culturally appropriate and sustainable. The guide will be publihsed and provided to the families and communities that we are working with, and will evolve with future CITTI projects. In staying true to the CITTI project mission to build capacity and sustainability, this guide will serve as a resource tool for the families and communities to facilitate their self-efficacy - the belief that they have the power to effect change in their own lives; building capacity within their own communities.
As we continue our work with the families and communities of ecuador from past years, we add yet another focus for the CITTI project. This year we will be embarking on the development of The Visual Guide for Assistive Technology in the Developing World. The Visual Guide will document how to support individuals with disabilities through the use of strategies and tools that will utilize materials and resources from the local communities.
The Visual Guide, made possible through a grant from the Irene S. Scully Family Foundation and the Ruth and Marco Goodman Donor Advised Fund, will rely primarily on the use of photos to show how to make a tool, or how to implement a strategy for individuals with disabilities. The limited resources that are currently available do not reach many communities due to being text-based, thus requiring reading skills, and not being culturally appropriate.
While we know that the guide will document step-by-step processes for supporting individuals with disabilities in various meaningful and necessary performance areas (i.e. work, school, play, daily living), the specifics will unfold to ensure that the guide is culturally appropriate and sustainable. The guide will be publihsed and provided to the families and communities that we are working with, and will evolve with future CITTI projects. In staying true to the CITTI project mission to build capacity and sustainability, this guide will serve as a resource tool for the families and communities to facilitate their self-efficacy - the belief that they have the power to effect change in their own lives; building capacity within their own communities.
