Who We Are
A nonprofit organization
building custom adaptations, nurturing communities,
and challenging assumptions.
What We Do
Adaptations
We create low-cost or no-cost custom adaptations for people with disabilities in a landscape of expensive and non-custom commercial products.
We make this happen using
accessible cardboard building techniques in our workshop space and with the help of donors
and volunteers.
Education
We seek to share what we know through courses and presentations about adaptive design and cardboard building, as well as hosting field trips and internship opportunities.
We also encourage schools and organizations to send motivated students for intensive study.
Partnerships
We encourage everyone to design and build user-specific adaptations. We wholeheartedly support the founding of similar organizations and non-profits around the world. We partner with local organizations, such as the New York Department of Education to effect community change.
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Get Involved
A custom adaptation can benefit everyone: the person who uses it, the team that imagines it, the team that designs and builds it, and everyone who hears the stories.
Upcoming Courses + Events
SEP
Basic principles of ergonomics, primarily for seated work environments. Critique your own computer workstation ergonomics and explore commercial and DIY solutions to to improve it.
New online course: Workstation Ergonomics
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Virtual Sewing Fest - Sew clear masks together
FREE event: Sewists from across the world are uniting on Zoom to make and donate clear masks at the first-ever #VirtualSewingFest. Clear masks benefit people who communicate via reading lips. Kits of materials are available for purchase..
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Make a Folding Desk
Improve your work-at-home setup with a folding laptop desk/riser. Join us for a virtual tour of our Midtown workshop and instruction on how to build your own folding laptop desk out of cardboard. Learn more and register here.
Transparent Mask Making
Learn how to create a no-sew DIY clear mask while learning a bit about ADA's mission and work! Learn more and register here.
Thursdays 10:30 - 12:00 EST
THURSDAYS
Book a session for your class today! Beginning with a virtual guided tour of our studio, groups meet our fabricators for an in-depth look into how complex custom adaptations are built as well as build their own cardboard creations. Contact to learn more.
