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| Last updated on July 3, 2008 |
The Tetra Society of North America is an independent non-profit organization that provides customized assistive devices to people with disabilities.
Description:
The purpose of Tetra is to recruit skilled volunteer engineers and technicians to create assistive devices for people with disabilities.
This unique program was developed in response to difficulties that people with disabilities experience in their search for greater independence and integration within their communities. The solutions are often simple but can change someone's life.
Tetra recognizes that people are not handicapped by their disabilities but by obstacles or barriers in their living environment. Volunteer engineers, design technicians, and health professionals work one to one with their clients to make assistive aids or modifications to their environment so that greater independence can be achieved.
History:
Tetra Society was founded by Sam Sullivan.
Sam Sullivan had become a quadriplegic as a result of a skiing accident which left him with limited use of his arms and no use of his fingers. Sam Sullivan was on welfare-a safety net which can all too easily discourage personal initiative and turn into a trap.
One day he wrote a letter to the Association of Professional Engineers of BC, asking them for assistance. Soon after, Paul Cermak, a professional engineer, walked through Sam’s door and offered to help. To Sam, the man was nothing short of an angel-he worked more or less full time for about six months solving so many vexing problems and helping Sam achieve the independence he was looking for. Not long afterwards Paul and other volunteer engineers started working on projects to help others disabled individuals. This was a beginning of Tetra Development Society.
Contact person: Lana Zotman, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (415) 661-6650
Address:
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2051 21 Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94116
(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.tetrasociety.org
Directions:
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 28, 48, 66 lines,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5 |
Miscellaneous Information
| Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency? |
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Russian
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| What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency? |
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18
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| Is your agency wheelchair accessible? |
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No
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| Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20? |
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No
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