Students will explore and identify community issues by listening to experiences shared by individuals with disabilities, observing real-life barriers, and discussing potential opportunities for innovative solutions.

Students will investigate assistive technologies by analyzing existing examples, create detailed diagrams for their solutions, experiment with material properties for their devices, and iterate on designs with peer and client feedback over the course of five days.

Students will collaboratively create detailed plans and construct two different prototypes of assistive devices, using their experiments on materials to inform their designs and preparing to have these tested by clients.

Students will test their assistive device prototypes with community clients, gather feedback, and analyze data to refine their designs and update their patent applications.

Students will present their final prototypes and patent applications to community members, explaining how their designs address specific client needs, documenting their process and impact, and sharing their inventions with the clients to keep, culminating in a celebration of their learning and collaboration.