Participants are given as much freedom as
possible to choose programs that include learning computer techniques;
using educational software designed for persons with disabilities;
playing with appropriate fun and games software (researched by Discover
Technology); surfing the internet; sending e-mail to family and friends; composing poetry; creating reports and presentations; and
writing and publishing class newsletters.
In addition, participants are encouraged to communicate with
others with disabilities through our “Discover a Pal” pen pal e-mail
program on our web site,
http://www.discovertechnology.com.
This growing site lists those with disabilities who want to
expand their world by communicating with other people, either with or
without disabilities, and currently has several hundred names.
Discover Technology’s web site has a directory of links to
hundreds of sites of interest to persons with disabilities.
Further development will incorporate a newsletter, reviews of
adaptive technologies, and software to automate various procedures.
During the past ten years
Discover Technology has established computer lab programs at teaching centers and group homes for
individuals with physical and mental disabilities (The Center for the
Retarded, Inc., Willow River Farms, Vita Living, Inc., and Center for
Human Resource and Development).
A future objective is to provide and maintain hardware, software,
and adaptive technology at individual homes of qualified persons.
Our primary goal is to expand the horizons and improve the
quality of life for persons with disabilities, wherever they may
reside. A ancillary goal
is to help qualify some individuals for jobs in the community.
Planned activities include the expansion of our labs to new
sites, the continued solicitation of donations of equipment and supplies
from private and public sources, the writing of formal grant requests
for funding from private and public sources, the expansion of our
volunteer staff and instructors, and the establishment of a central
headquarters with office, and storage facilities.
Amantha Cole is the founder of Discover Technology,
Inc. That be me....
.
HSPVA Graduate. I have set up and operated many labs for Discover
Technology. Discover Technology site which I put together and operate
has been in existence for 11 years. That is a long time.
I am dyslexic. Being disabled myself has prompted many positive
things like this company. Have hosted 5 musical fundraisers for
Discover Technology and also sing in them myself.
I would write more but I seem to have a hard time
writing about myself. Lol...... We set up 3 shelters for the
Karitina Victims. I really hope this helped. I had to help people find
there loved ones. Over the years I have had many MANY
wonderful volunteers help me. I thank them all. Amantha
The primary
mission of Discover Technology, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit company
located in the Houston, Texas USA Metropolitan Area,
is to create and administer
computer labs for persons with disabilities, to encourage communication
between persons with and without disabilities and to educate the general
population about the disabled population. The computer
labs are designed to provide an enjoyable environment that both develops
hidden talents and increases self-confidence and academic and cognitive
skills through the use of selected software and adaptive technology.