With support from Google.org, we're making Blockly (a block-coding app) more accessible, and you can help! We are looking for screen reader users or AT professionals who can provide feedback through user testing session. Compensation will be provided to testers. Sign up by Feb 28: buff.ly/VxmXXRH

“It helped our students see that there are different ways to give back to their community and to be a volunteer." In December, 350 students at West Bedford School in Bedford, NS worked together to adapt over 60 toys and build 200 switches for children with disabilities. Read story: buff.ly/k8ZOtFU

Secondary school aged students have a fun opportunity to attend Neil Squire's AT Summit! While conference requires paid registration, youth can attend the "Build Your Own AT" session free of charge. 📅 Thurs, Feb 19 from 9-11:30am EST 📍 Moncton, NB (in person) ➡️ Register: buff.ly/nlfXDxH

Neil Squire is hosting the AT Summit, a two-day event showcasing impactful partnerships in Assistive Technology. It takes place in-person from Feb 18-19, 2026 in Moncton, NB (or attend virtually) There will be presentations from leaders in AT, vendors, and community partners. Register: atsummit.ca

Our friends at Technology for Living have funding to provide youth with disabilities in #BritishColumbia (aged 9 to 18) with automatic door openers through their Youth Assistive Technology initiative. Apply here: buff.ly/mFsGURR

Did you know you can #volunteer to #3dPrint device components to support our build events in Canada? Choose from over a dozen parts, and print as little or as many as you wish! Sign up to be a MMC 3D Printer today: buff.ly/Egk3nvw

We had a blast running a GAME Checkpoint Power Up Session at G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre yesterday. Clinicians "leveled-up" their #AdaptiveGaming knowledge with the latest in software and hardware innovations.

On the tails of our 2025 Year In Review, we reflected on our #HackingForTheHolidays season. We owe a huge thanks to each and every one of you — our volunteers, community, and supporters — we couldn’t have done it without you! Read more: buff.ly/6CrzQL3

2025 was a record breaking year for us! In all, we delivered 6,528 devices to people with disabilities, and hosted 397 events engaging 12,294 volunteers. Take a look at our highlights from last year: buff.ly/luUJsyD

Sadly other plug-and-play / of the shelf options tend to be spendy, but there are adaptors to use Wii Nunchucks with the XAC, and in general @makersmakingchange.bsky.social has a great collection of models that people can make. I reviewed a number of the last year: caniplaythat.com/2025/09/18/m...

Justin Pezzin, Director of Makers Making Change, sits down with the LivingUN-broken podcast for a conversation about the impact of affordable AT on society. Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsma...

The MMC R&D Team has recently published the OpenAT Design Guide! This guide is a collection of best practices and dimensions for designing using common MMC components. The guide is always evolving, and we encourage the community to add to it as well. Read the OpenAT Design Guide: buff.ly/HiXUkAn

Mark your calendars, #GAconf is happening on January 29th at 10am PST. Catch our Accessible Gaming Lead, Tyler, as he presents the Best Assistive Technology award.

Staff across all Neil Squire departments work together to provide personalized, practical support to all of our participants. Read our latest article on the importance of collaboration across our programs: buff.ly/UKZmKSF #NeilSquire #Collaboration #MakersMakingChange #Solutions #HearingSolutions

“One of our core values is ‘nothing for us without us,’ that’s front and centre for our entire team. [. . .] Every step along the way, we’re considering the end user and having real people engaged in the process.” Read our latest article on one-off customization and fabrication: buff.ly/Uow1mME

Priscilla, who is five years old, received an adapted paint spinner from our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign. The adapted paint spinner allowed Priscilla to press a switch to paint Christmas ornaments for her family. Read Priscilla's story: buff.ly/as4EahE Donate: buff.ly/c0C5QLi

We recently welcomed aboard our latest GAME Checkpoint, the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program. Last week, we trained 15 clinicians at Alvin Buckwold in adaptive gaming, and we’re excited to bring in another GAME Checkpoint focused on pediatrics.

It’s that time of year again! Our team has been hard at work, delivering toys across Canada to families and clinicians like Giulia from the BC Centre for Ability (pictured), ensuring that kids with disabilities get the toys in time for the holidays. There's still time to donate: buff.ly/hIGqhe1

Help make play accessible this holiday season! Donate to #HackingToHolidays to give the gift of play to kids with disabilities across Canada. Just $5 can provide the parts for a toy hack, while $60 gives us everything included to provide an adapted toy to a child. Donate: buff.ly/hIGqhe1

On Friday, our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social program hosted our Burnaby Creative Employment Options team for a device build. A great example of collaboration across our organization. The adapted toys and switches will be donated to families and clinicians as part of #HackingForTheHolidays.

On Thursday, we had a great time adapting toys with @aircanada.bsky.social staff. The Air Canada Foundation has been a huge supporter of our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign, having donated $30,000 to help make play accessible for kids with disabilities. We are incredibly grateful for their support.

For #IVD2025, we wanted to share a great story on Dante, a Clubs That Care youth leader, who teamed up with his alma mater, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), to host a #HackingForTheHolidays build event, making 150 low profile switches. Read: buff.ly/vr98Fn4

Today is International Volunteer Day! We owe a huge thank you to all of our volunteers —our tutors, makers, computer technicians, and more — who truly make a difference in the lives of Canadians with disabilities. We couldn't do it without you! #IVD2025

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social program is honouring the day with a number of #HackingForTheHolidays build events, including in Burnaby, Calgary, and Fredericton. [1/2] #IDPD #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities #IDPD2025

This Giving Tuesday, help us give the gift of play to children with disabilities by making a donation to our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign: buff.ly/4KZmLde A donation of $60 can cover the cost of a toy and a switch, giving a child everything they need to play with a new toy this year.

We want to give a huge shoutout to one of our major sponsors for #HackingForTheHolidays, the @aircanada.bsky.social Foundation. Their incredible donation of $30,000 goes a long way in helping make play accessible. We also look forward to hosting a build with Air Canada staff in December. Thank you!

We need your help to raise $200,000 to make play accessible. With over a month to go, you’ve already helped us raise over $78,000. $5 covers cost of parts, while a donation of $60 can cover the cost of a toy and switch for a child with a disability. #HackingForTheHolidays Donate: buff.ly/MAlz4Tj

Cameron David, a personal trainer in the Lower Mainland, and his friend, a handyman also named Cameron, have started their own #HackingForTheHolidays fundraising page and pledged to run a kilometre each for every $50 raised, with the goal of raising $2,000 and running 40 km. Read: ow.ly/UN8S50XvZ69

A successful collaboration between Place aux compétences, École Anna-Malenfant and our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social and Solutions programs resulted in the creation of a simple yet effective 3D-printed adaptation for a Neil Squire client preparing to return to work. Read more: buff.ly/4H0GNYL

On Thursday and Friday, we attended the ASPECT BC Conference in Richmond, BC. A great opportunity to connect with other service providers from across British Columbia, and we're proud to be a sponsor of this year's conference. [1/2]

Everyone’s favorite switch has just gotten better! The Interact Switch has just gotten an update, making it easier than ever to build. [1/3]

Our friends at PrintLab and Autodesk have launched the 2026 Make:able Challenge, this year with an exciting new open-source twist. Make:able is a design challenge where students, makers and professionals work to solve everyday challenges faced by people with disabilities and the elderly.

Earlier this month, we did a #HackingForTheHolidays build with the FIRST Robotics Cyber Eagles team in Sherwood Park. Thanks to Dow Canada for purchasing the toys for the build. In all, 15 paint spinners were built & 13 Bluey toys were adapted, all to be donated to local children with disabilities.

We want to give a huge shoutout to one of our major sponsors for this year’s Hacking for the Holidays campaign, the Bourassa Savaria Foundation. We’re incredibly grateful for their donation of $10,000 and their continued support of making play accessible for children with disabilities. Thank you!

Are you in Fredericton or Saint John, New Brunswick and want to adapt toys with Worlds UNBound's Go ENG Girl for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign? Sign up today! Saint John: November 15 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl-1 Fredericton: November 29 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl

One of my favourite classes today! We had the Neil Squire Society visiting and adapted toys for kids with disabilities so that they can be used with adaptive switches. These toys go to the IWK Halifax and other places and then get distributed to kids with disabilities just in time for Christmas ❤️

Curious about what toys are available for our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign? Shanelle gives us a sneak peek of the Peek A Boo Koala. To request a toy in Canada, check out our Hacking For The Holidays page of our website. Requests will close November 30th, 2025. Request: buff.ly/YEyMXcw

When students at Gretna Green School learned they would be building switches for kids with disabilities for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign, they felt inspired to take it one step further, taking the initiative to raise over $500 for our campaign. Read more: buff.ly/zIz9nnd

We want to give a huge shoutout to one of our major sponsors for this year’s Hacking for the Holidays campaign, Canada Life. Canada Life has donated $10,000 for Hacking for the Holidays, and have been a longtime supporter of our work at Neil Squire. Thank you!

Our Accessible Gaming Lead Tyler Fentie was recently on the Over Coffee podcast to talk about the GAME Kit and more. Listen: twomaverix.com?p=33408

Happy Halloween! Check out our switch adapted Dancing Wednesday doll! As part of Hacking for the Holidays, if you are in Canada you can request your own Wednesday through our website. Or, adapt your own with instructions provided on our Github page! www.makersmakingchange.com/hacking-for-...

We are one month into our Hacking for the Holidays campaign, and we're blown away by the impact so far. Thank you to everyone who’s helped make this season of giving a success! Let’s keep the momentum going! Make a difference and donate today: buff.ly/894V10U #HackingForTheHolidays

Hamza, a Kinesiology student at the University of Saskatchewan, leads volunteers as a Clubs That Care youth leader in making adapted toys for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign. “I’ve just wrapped up my first event where my club made 30 adapted bubble machines!” Read more: buff.ly/1jQbLZO

Hamza, a Kinesiology student at the University of Saskatchewan, leads volunteers as a Clubs That Care youth leader in making adapted toys for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign. “I’ve just wrapped up my first event where my club made 30 adapted bubble machines!” Read more: buff.ly/1jQbLZO

We’re already at 50% capacity for our Clubs That Care program! Are you between the ages of 15–30 in Canada and ready to take action in your community? Apply for our micro-grant and make it happen. Spots are limited — apply today: buff.ly/Bv3vVdc #YouthGrants #ClubsThatCare #CommunityBuilders

An amazing story from the University of Toronto Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy on students Jacob, Tenzin, Maddy, and Tali, who helped Mike, a gamer with a spinal cord injury, design a set-up to allow him to game on his own again. Read: ot.utoronto.ca/news/student...

CTV Saskatoon recently did a great feature on Nicolas, one of our Clubs That Care leaders, and the great work he is doing to provide assistive technology to his community. Watch: www.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon/ar...

We're proud to support the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC’s Gamers Club initiative, bringing accessible gaming to people with cerebral palsy in BC. Accessible Gaming Lead Tyler Fentie conducted assessments for participants, while Clubs That Care volunteers donated devices. Read: buff.ly/H9pr8u2

Yesterday, our team had a great time at the UBC Science Undergraduate Society Community Engagement Fair. Pictured left to right: Case Manager William Wong, Job Developer Enrique Vazquez, and Director of @makersmakingchange.bsky.social Justin Pezzin. #CreativeEmploymentOptions #NDEAM #NDEAM2025

Our Prairie Region team is at the University of Regina for the Saskatchewan Adaptive Physical Activity Symposium. L-R: Chris Neal Langdon, Sr Case Manager; Nikki Langdon, Regional Director; Shanelle Gilman, @makersmakingchange.bsky.social Western Region Coordinator; Amanda LaRose, AT Specialist.