Maker Faire Syracuse 2023
ARISE Adaptive Design
Home: New York, United States
ARISE Adaptive Design uses creative building techniques and low cost materials to create highly customized adaptive devices for people with disabilities. AAD relies on volunteer builders, makers, and clinicians to create these amazing devices.
https://www.ariseinc.org/services/adaptive-design/
Makers
Connor McGough
Connor is a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology where he received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Design. After sustaining a life-changing spinal cord injury in 2009, going into his senior year of college, Connor quickly began to recognize the many issues surrounding the acquiring of specialized equipment that those with disabilities rely on. Connor McGough has been part of the adaptive design effort in Central New York since 2016. As the Director of ARISE Adaptive Design Connor leads an eclectic group of community volunteers who work along with individuals with disabilities and their families. Together they design and build specialized adaptations to allow the participants to reach their full potential in daily living, therapy, education, work, and recreation.
https://www.ariseinc.org/services/adaptive-design/
Tracy Fleming
As a maker since youth, Tracy Fleming has employed a gadgeteering spirit in all aspects of his life. From high school where he developed 'Center of Gravity Roller Skates' (a version of roller blades), through his days as a vocational edu
https://www.ariseinc.org/services/adaptive-design/
