Canadian nonprofit answers call for assistive IT

Canadian nonprofit answers call for assistive IT: "As it often happens, it was Nigel Livingston's own differently abled child who inspired him to form CanAssist, the nonprofit assistive technology group that, earlier this month, was recognized for its efforts with a $750,000 Canadian ($704,000 U.S.) grant from the provincial government.

CanAssist is run out of and is partially funded by the University of Victoria, where the seven-year organization got off the ground with a simple request from a community member. After a near-drowning accident, a young man became blind and experienced spasms where his finger would lock into place."