Look up Erin Smoker's Etsy page and you'll find this description, Buttercups Emporium is my new adventure. I wanted to become more independent so with the help of some friends we have my shop started. I enjoy making items for others [...]
A picture of a tennis ball with a pencil in it provided the inspiration for The Gripper, a project from Northridge High School that took top honors at ADEC Technology Challenge 2.0 Saturday, April 16 at the Northern Indiana Event Center. [...]
The 12 finalist teams for the ADEC Technology Challenge 2.0 are working on deadline to complete their projects before the April 16 public presentations, each hoping to take home one of the top prizes. This sequel to last year’s successful 1.0 [...]
ADEC selected 12 teams in three divisions to compete in the ADEC Assistive Technology Challenge 2.0 event. This sequel to last year’s successful 1.0 version will take place Saturday, April 16 at the Northern Indiana Event Center. Within the high school, [...]
ADEC’s Technology Challenge may be replicated by Arc chapters across the country after getting national exposure during a conference. Rod Tackett, ADEC Communications Specialist, and Don Wierenga, ADEC Director of Assistive Technology and Day Services, presented a blueprint for organizing a [...]
We are excited to report ADEC will be among the session presenters at the 2015 National Convention of The Arc in Indianapolis Oct. 3-5. Our own Don Wierenga, Director of Day Services and Assistive Technology, and Rod Tackett, Communications Specialist, will [...]
By Ryan Murphy ADEC Staff In high school, I constantly wrote papers using a semi-relevant famous quotation as an opening line. In college, I was told this practice was typically not appreciated by academics. And then I graduated, so now they [...]
By Ryan Murphy ADEC Staff I don’t normally like to admit this so freely, as I have a reputation to uphold, but I am secretly a bit of a geek. The truth is I have been since I was a wee [...]
