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ADA 20th Anniversary

      

Leon Knight and Kaili Kameoka, friends of ATRC, were featured in the Stars Concert of Extraordinary Abilities, sponsored by the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Their performances among others will be aired on Wed., December 25th 11:00 a.m., KHON2/CW and on Sun., December 29th 7:00 p.m. KHON2. Do not miss the show. 

 

Thanks to the generosity of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Leon and Kaili requested that the Foundation contribute their price money of $10,000 each to ATRC.  We so appreciate this gift and will continue to use such gift to "Build the Future" for persons with disabilities.   

 

Image #1: Leon and his wife on the stage of the Stars Concert of Extraordinary Abilities. "End of image"

 

        

Image #2: A photo of snowflake ornaments with Holiday Gift Guide 2013 Text on it. "End of image"

 

For your 2013 Holiday season, please see our suggested gifts that you might want for your family members and friends:    

 

- Sign language jewelry looks pretty cool from Harry Communications 

- Low vision toys can be found at: BrailleGifts.com 

- Livescribe Smartpen is another great choice as it records everything you hear, say, write and draw: See features of the product 

- AiSquared's Zoomtext Express is a great gift for the PC computer users with mild vision loss ($49.99/downloadable version): See how the software works

- For individuals living with paralysis you have a plenty of choices by visiting:  2013 Reeve Foundation Holiday Gift Guide  

 

If you have a special need help finding a gift for someone, we can direct you to additional resources. 

      

Image #3: Camp Cool Shave Ice Logo. "End of image"

Image #4: Group picture of the Fall 2013 Camp Cool "Ocean Adventure" campers, volunteers, and  ATRC staff. "End of image"

 

In collaboration with the University of Hawaii's School of Education faculty, Dr. Jim Skouge, and ATRC Board Director, Dr. Mathew Schmidt, for this session of Camp Cool. The location and staff support from the School of Education was appreciated. Students at UHM College of Education provided extra special Aloha as counselors at the Camp. Our interactive computer exploration program brought together 20 children, with and without disabilities, an amazing group of volunteers and our staff to learn, play and have fun together. The ocean theme included four groupings - crab, whale, jellyfish and octopus, working together.

 

Throughout the two days, 20 campers were very busy. They were enthusiastic and excited about participating in different group activities and projects that entailed teamwork, collaboration, and of course technology, i.e. cartoon making, digital cameras, animation and music making software on computers and iPads. They also had an opportunity to interact with, learn from, and help others with differing abilities and styles.  

 

Big smiles on the faces of the campers at the end of the days convinced the staff and volunteers that it was well worth the effort. Thanks to all our great volunteers, many of them received hands-on experience with children of various learning abilities: Lawrence Asato, Dave Balatico, Travis Barfield, Cherry Campollo, Mikaela Costales, Andrew Driffill, Kanoe Hezekia, Elizabeth Kimura, Michael Leong, Rayna Munos, Billie Jo Naleieha, Rina Okada, Kelsi Partington, Thuyen Pham, Amy Ruth, Stephanie Shiraki, Maya Shishido, Mari Taoka, and Kristen Teramae.

Image #5: Team Jellyfish was working on character development for a cartoon movie making."End of image"

Image #6: Team Whale members video their skit. "End of image"

 
Image #7: A group of campers learned about Skit making with Jim Skouge. "End of image"

Image #8:A laptop computer."End of image"

 

entering or continuing in higher education
or employment through iCLAP
(Interactive Computer Learning Acquisition Program)

 

Training includes: Basic computer skills

Time needed: 15 hours of training over a 10 week period

 

Qualified individuals are eligible to receive a laptop upon completion of all mandatory training, assignments, as well as passing a final exam.

 

If you want to participate in or have any questions about this program, please contact Darryl Lum at 532-7116 or e-mail darryl@atrc.org.