Local group, AbilityHacks, seeks to address unmet ability challenges on Sept. 21 in SF
AbilityHacks is a non-profit community of people with disabilities and volunteers devoted to addressing specific, unmet ability challenges, featuring a diverse talent pool focused on finding solutions that include adaptive technologies, innovations, and inventions. It includes people from many backgrounds and disciplines, all volunteering to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, driven in part to find ways to expand possibilities for people and help improve their quality of life.
Some of the needs they address are unique and complicated while others have simply not received the attention they deserve. They build a unique team for each challenge, which collaborates independently and draws upon on their broader community when needed. The founding members, Andrew McPherson, Francisco Peralta and Kevin Haninger were motivated from their success founding the student group EnableTech at UC Berkeley.
Their next meeting is taking place on Sat., Sept. 21st from 2-5 p.m. at Humanmade, 150 Hooper St., Unit 400 in San Francisco. Some of the equipment/facilities available at Humanmade are:
- Metal shop
- Welding
- Woodshop
- Laser cutters
- 3D printers
- Electronics lab
- Textiles
- Computer lab
- Co-work space
For more information, you may e-mail info@abilityhacks.org. As for accessing the facility at Humanmade, here are some instructions:
Humanmade is located in the Design District in San Francisco, at 150 Hooper Street (fourth floor). There are several entrances to the campus located on both Hooper Street, Channel Street and 7th Street. On Saturdays and Sundays, as well as during weekdays after 6pm, the exterior campus gates are closed and locked to provide additional building security. To gain access to the facility during these times, please use the Channel Street entrance (the westernmost entrance) where there is a call box. Simply use this call box to call the Humanmade Member Services desk so they may unlock the gate for you.