Alina’s Journey
The Power of the CAT:
Only as Powerful as the People Involved
Assume Competence
Mom’s Vision
What about Alina’s?
Alina’s Journey with CIS
The three sections represent the themes created and
employment to be explored form the discovery process
A list of 60 different potential employment options; 20 for each
theme of a person’s interests.
Theme 1 Sound
Own equipment to rent
Auditory cartographer
Videographer
Sound beam
Rocky cam
Birds
Planetariums
Trains
Fireworks
Theater
Testing eye equipment
Testing musical equipment
Taking pictures at a show
Mapping
Musical instrument pitch
tester
Live tempo
recorder/pentameter
Human camera obscure
traveling announcer for
campaigns
transferring sound
Theme 2 Light
Photography
Laser light show
Videography
Prisms
Rocky cam
Planetarium
Lava lamps
Oil projections
Fireworks
Theater
Testing eye equipment
Theme 3 Mapping
Photography
Videography
Bird
Rocky cam
Planetarium
Lava lamps
Fireworks
Oil projections
Theater
Testing eye equipment
The Discovery Process
Video of Alina trying out things.
Taking pictures at a night
club
Mobile light show
Mobile movie presenter
Interactive light map with
sound beam
Private eye
Model
Human camera obscure
robots
Testing musical equipment
Wheelchair artist
Taking pictures of certain
places/ images or sound
Traffic checker
Census recorder
Putting things together
Human camera obscure
Robotics
Traveling
The List of People Contacted
WHYY
Scott Weiner Photography
Eye gazer Edge Evaluations
Calmat Photo
Kateri Lodikus
Photographer
Temple University Music
Therapy Program
Philadelphia Art
Museum- Curatorial
dept.
Google
Green Eden- Solar
Power group
School of Rock
Jarvis
Unlock Philadelphia
Code for Philly
Azavea
Design Philadelphia
Imagination Arts
Able Road
Comcast
A.R.T
The Not Impossible
Foundation
Drexel engineer Dept.
Ted X
Philadelphia Sound Stages
Colin Kornfiend
Videographer
NueroSky
B Corporation
Xhale Dance group
Apple
Flyer Skate Zone
Franklin Institute
Dominic Esposito
Photographer
Bookworms
Constitution Center
CHOP
10th street music program
HMS School
Arnolds Family Fun Center
Oliver Sacks
Love Park Robotic
Forming the C.A.T
You only know what you know.
What are we going to do differently?
Members of the Community Action Team
AlinaWorthy
Alina Szamatowicz
Donna Bouclier
Debra McNatt
Members from Community integrated Service
Laura Hilferty - Alina’s Primary job coach and project manager
Susan Schonfeld - executive director of CIS and member of
Alinaworthy
Liv Helgesen - visual management and assistant job coach
Carly Rapaport-Stein – creative marketing and strategy
Zach Catarelli – job developer
Devin Hamilton – job developer
Chris O – assistive technology
Members from Networks for Training and Development/IdS
Joe Murphy
Rosa McAllister
Ann Marie
Others:
Candace Yaegar
I am the co-founder of a clean tech company in Philadelphia
called Green Skyline. I have an MBA in entrepreneurship and
innovation management. I am a mentor to young business
owners and enjoy helping young entrepreneurs solve unique
problems.
I got involved in Alina's CAT team when Alina's mother
reached out to me. I have known Alina her entire life and
consider Alina family. I have been honored to watch her inspire
and teach others. I am excited to be working with Alina and
her CAT team because I see the value and the need for
technology to be accessible to everyone. She is creating a
powerful force which has the potential to make a serious
impact on the community. Candace Yaeger MBA MA
@CandaceYaeger and GreenSkyline.us
Andrew Larkin
I am a software engineer and accessibility specialist working at
Comcast in Philadelphia. As the Technical Lead for
Accessibility, I work with engineering teams across the
company to ensure that products are usable by people of
varying abilities.
I also organize the Philadelphia Accessibility Forum, a group
designed to provide a forum for technologists, designers, and
users of technology to come together to discuss the challenges
involved in making technology accessible.
I first became involved with Alina's CAT when Laura Hilferty
contacted me through the Accessibility Forum. I immediately
saw what others see in Alina - her ability to inspire others to
create technology that everyone can use. I am proud to be
working with Alina to bring awareness about the importance
of accessible technology to people everywhere.
Comcast Accessibility Resources http://customer.comcast.com/help-andsupport/accessibility/
Philadelphia Accessibility Forum http://www.meetup.com/Philly-Accessibility-Meetup/
Kathleen Cohen
As the Digital Advisor and former Vice President of Digital
Innovation & Integration at the National Constitution Center,
Kathleen Cohen brings together her longstanding expertise in
digital media and guest experience to the historical district of
Independence Mall in Philadelphia, PA.
With over 19 years of entertainment know-how, Cohen utilizes
her vision, creativity and strategy to help tell the contemporary
story of our nation's Constitution - so the next generation "gets
it". Cohen works on this welcomed challenge through web,
mobile, wearables, social, gaming, interactive public displays,
augmented reality and holography.
Cohen is especially interested in the person's with disabilities
communities -- in particular, if we can design and solve for the
persons with disabilities communities, we can solve for
everyone. It is about lifting the ceiling on human potential.
Outside of Cohen's work at the Center, Cohen is the lead
consultant and founder of The Collaboratorium, a strategic
digital media consulting firm focusing on emerging
technologies and the urban streetscape. Cohen previously
worked at Disney, IBM innovation and DreamWorks
Interactive.
Constitution Center: www.constitutioncenter.org The
Collaboratorium: www.thecollaboratorium.com
Burt Brooks
is an award-winning independent filmmaker and the
performing arts coordinator at the Matheny Medical and
Educational Center’s Arts Access Program. He received his
B.F.A. in theater from Rutgers University and has developed a
unique communication system that allows persons with
developmental disabilities to write, direct, and star in their
own original dramatic works.
In addition to writing and producing short films, he works with
the artists with disabilities at Matheny to produce live and
video material to be exhibited throughout the tristate area.
I became involved with Alina’s CAT after Donna (her mother)
came to visit Matheny and told me about Alina’s job search and
about making a documentary about this process. I then met
with CIS and the CAT to explore the possibilities of a film about
Alinaworthy and was amazed by the wonderful team that has
rallied around Alina’s cause.
Links to my sites: http://www.burtbrooks.com and
ccessprogram.org
Possibilities are endless…