Neil Squire Society
@neilsquiresociety.bsky.social
We use technology, knowledge and passion to empower Canadians with #disabilities. Our programs include: @makersmakingchange.bsky.social.
#DigitalLiteracy #Employment #AssistiveTechnology #Innovation
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No matter your disability, you likely face barriers in everyday life. At Neil Squire, we break down barriers by helping you access employment, technology and the tools you need to live your life to the fullest.
Visit neilsquire.ca or call us toll free at 1-877-673-4636
Visit neilsquire.ca or call us toll free at 1-877-673-4636
Rose from our Distance Computer Comfort (DCC) program recently met up with former DCC program participant Brett Devloo, aka The Blind Kid, at the premiere of his documentary film, Blind Corners. We couldn't be more proud of Brett!
#NeilSquire #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalLiteracy
#NeilSquire #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalLiteracy
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Rose from our Distance Computer Comfort (DCC) program recently met up with former DCC program participant Brett Devloo, aka The Blind Kid, at the premiere of his documentary film, Blind Corners. We couldn't be more proud of Brett!
#NeilSquire #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalLiteracy
#NeilSquire #AssistiveTechnology #DigitalLiteracy
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We need your help to raise $200,000 to make play accessible. With over a month to go, you’ve already helped us raise over $78,000. $5 covers cost of parts, while a donation of $60 can cover the cost of a toy and switch for a child with a disability. #HackingForTheHolidays
Donate: buff.ly/MAlz4Tj
Donate: buff.ly/MAlz4Tj
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We need your help to raise $200,000 to make play accessible. With over a month to go, you’ve already helped us raise over $78,000. $5 covers cost of parts, while a donation of $60 can cover the cost of a toy and switch for a child with a disability. #HackingForTheHolidays
Donate: buff.ly/MAlz4Tj
Donate: buff.ly/MAlz4Tj
BC Residents:
Could you benefit from assistive technology at work? Join Nate and learn about AT, ergonomics, and other supports that can help with your employment or self-employment activities.
Our webinar runs Wednesdays at 12:30 pm PST. Register: ow.ly/SCXA50OGYVk
#WorkBCATS #AssistiveTechnology #Webinar
Our webinar runs Wednesdays at 12:30 pm PST. Register: ow.ly/SCXA50OGYVk
#WorkBCATS #AssistiveTechnology #Webinar
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
BC Residents:
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Cameron David, a personal trainer in the Lower Mainland, and his friend, a handyman also named Cameron, have started their own #HackingForTheHolidays fundraising page and pledged to run a kilometre each for every $50 raised, with the goal of raising $2,000 and running 40 km.
Read: ow.ly/UN8S50XvZ69
Read: ow.ly/UN8S50XvZ69
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Cameron David, a personal trainer in the Lower Mainland, and his friend, a handyman also named Cameron, have started their own #HackingForTheHolidays fundraising page and pledged to run a kilometre each for every $50 raised, with the goal of raising $2,000 and running 40 km.
Read: ow.ly/UN8S50XvZ69
Read: ow.ly/UN8S50XvZ69
Job Developer Barb Miles and Assistive Technology Specialist/AT Help Desk Coordinator Rebekah Cant had a great time sharing information on our programs at the Moncton High School parent information session.
#NeilSquire #Solutions #ATHelpDesk #CreativeEmploymentOptions
#NeilSquire #Solutions #ATHelpDesk #CreativeEmploymentOptions
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Job Developer Barb Miles and Assistive Technology Specialist/AT Help Desk Coordinator Rebekah Cant had a great time sharing information on our programs at the Moncton High School parent information session.
#NeilSquire #Solutions #ATHelpDesk #CreativeEmploymentOptions
#NeilSquire #Solutions #ATHelpDesk #CreativeEmploymentOptions
With the help of our Creative Employment Options program, Meredith found rewarding full-time work as a gardener with a landscaping company.
Read more: buff.ly/bIwMju3
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Disability
Read more: buff.ly/bIwMju3
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Disability
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
With the help of our Creative Employment Options program, Meredith found rewarding full-time work as a gardener with a landscaping company.
Read more: buff.ly/bIwMju3
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Disability
Read more: buff.ly/bIwMju3
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Disability
A successful collaboration between Place aux compétences, École Anna-Malenfant and our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social and Solutions programs resulted in the creation of a simple yet effective 3D-printed adaptation for a Neil Squire client preparing to return to work.
Read more: buff.ly/4H0GNYL
Read more: buff.ly/4H0GNYL
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A successful collaboration between Place aux compétences, École Anna-Malenfant and our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social and Solutions programs resulted in the creation of a simple yet effective 3D-printed adaptation for a Neil Squire client preparing to return to work.
Read more: buff.ly/4H0GNYL
Read more: buff.ly/4H0GNYL
Michael says he “100%” recommends WorkBC Assistive Technology Services to others in need.
“This technology and the access to it has dramatically changed my quality of life at work.”
“This technology and the access to it has dramatically changed my quality of life at work.”
“I received hearing aids which has helped me tremendously, not to mention how beneficial it has been to my clients as well. This has facilitated my work, my communication, and the ease of flow in the therapeutic process,” says Michael, a counselor. #WorkBCATS
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Read more: buff.ly/oGSsyHK
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Michael says he “100%” recommends WorkBC Assistive Technology Services to others in need.
“This technology and the access to it has dramatically changed my quality of life at work.”
“This technology and the access to it has dramatically changed my quality of life at work.”
On Thursday and Friday, we attended the ASPECT BC Conference in Richmond, BC. A great opportunity to connect with other service providers from across British Columbia, and we're proud to be a sponsor of this year's conference. [1/2]
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
On Thursday and Friday, we attended the ASPECT BC Conference in Richmond, BC. A great opportunity to connect with other service providers from across British Columbia, and we're proud to be a sponsor of this year's conference. [1/2]
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Everyone’s favorite switch has just gotten better! The Interact Switch has just gotten an update, making it easier than ever to build. [1/3]
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Everyone’s favorite switch has just gotten better! The Interact Switch has just gotten an update, making it easier than ever to build. [1/3]
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We want to give a huge shoutout to one of our major sponsors for this year’s Hacking for the Holidays campaign, the Bourassa Savaria Foundation. We’re incredibly grateful for their donation of $10,000 and their continued support of making play accessible for children with disabilities. Thank you!
November 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We want to give a huge shoutout to one of our major sponsors for this year’s Hacking for the Holidays campaign, the Bourassa Savaria Foundation. We’re incredibly grateful for their donation of $10,000 and their continued support of making play accessible for children with disabilities. Thank you!
“I can’t express my gratitude enough for the support that this program has provided me. My case worker was amazing, I am just so very thankful for the kindness, compassion and support I was shown throughout the process.” #WorkBCATS
“The #WorkBCATS program has given me so much confidence, knowing I can go into a job and hear everything that is being said to me and around me with clarity is such a wonderful blessing,” Connie shares.
Read more: buff.ly/oF8d6Ez
Read more: buff.ly/oF8d6Ez
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“I can’t express my gratitude enough for the support that this program has provided me. My case worker was amazing, I am just so very thankful for the kindness, compassion and support I was shown throughout the process.” #WorkBCATS
Our AT Help Desk team looks at Trinka, an AI-powered grammar checker and language correction tool specifically designed for academic, technical, and formal writing.
Read: buff.ly/R8fqZ8I
#NeilSquire #ATHelpDesk #AssistiveTechnology #Apps #DigitalLiteracy
Read: buff.ly/R8fqZ8I
#NeilSquire #ATHelpDesk #AssistiveTechnology #Apps #DigitalLiteracy
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our AT Help Desk team looks at Trinka, an AI-powered grammar checker and language correction tool specifically designed for academic, technical, and formal writing.
Read: buff.ly/R8fqZ8I
#NeilSquire #ATHelpDesk #AssistiveTechnology #Apps #DigitalLiteracy
Read: buff.ly/R8fqZ8I
#NeilSquire #ATHelpDesk #AssistiveTechnology #Apps #DigitalLiteracy
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Are you in Fredericton or Saint John, New Brunswick and want to adapt toys with Worlds UNBound's Go ENG Girl for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign? Sign up today!
Saint John: November 15 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl-1
Fredericton: November 29 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl
Saint John: November 15 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl-1
Fredericton: November 29 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Are you in Fredericton or Saint John, New Brunswick and want to adapt toys with Worlds UNBound's Go ENG Girl for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign? Sign up today!
Saint John: November 15 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl-1
Fredericton: November 29 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl
Saint John: November 15 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl-1
Fredericton: November 29 www.worldsunbound.ca/go-eng-girl
In October, our Prairie Regional Office donated Solutions for School assistive technology kits to six schools in Yellowknife Education District #1.
Read more: buff.ly/S0zfFqY
Read more: buff.ly/S0zfFqY
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In October, our Prairie Regional Office donated Solutions for School assistive technology kits to six schools in Yellowknife Education District #1.
Read more: buff.ly/S0zfFqY
Read more: buff.ly/S0zfFqY
On Friday, our Burnaby Creative Employment Options team attended the Western Canada Career Development Association (WCCDA) members gathering at the Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus.
Pictured left to right: Sandra Grib, Anmol Vig, Radu Girboan, and Patty Lavakittichaiyant.
Pictured left to right: Sandra Grib, Anmol Vig, Radu Girboan, and Patty Lavakittichaiyant.
November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On Friday, our Burnaby Creative Employment Options team attended the Western Canada Career Development Association (WCCDA) members gathering at the Vancouver Community College Downtown Campus.
Pictured left to right: Sandra Grib, Anmol Vig, Radu Girboan, and Patty Lavakittichaiyant.
Pictured left to right: Sandra Grib, Anmol Vig, Radu Girboan, and Patty Lavakittichaiyant.
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One of my favourite classes today! We had the Neil Squire Society visiting and adapted toys for kids with disabilities so that they can be used with adaptive switches. These toys go to the IWK Halifax and other places and then get distributed to kids with disabilities just in time for Christmas ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One of my favourite classes today! We had the Neil Squire Society visiting and adapted toys for kids with disabilities so that they can be used with adaptive switches. These toys go to the IWK Halifax and other places and then get distributed to kids with disabilities just in time for Christmas ❤️
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Curious about what toys are available for our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign? Shanelle gives us a sneak peek of the Peek A Boo Koala. To request a toy in Canada, check out our Hacking For The Holidays page of our website. Requests will close November 30th, 2025.
Request: buff.ly/YEyMXcw
Request: buff.ly/YEyMXcw
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Curious about what toys are available for our #HackingForTheHolidays campaign? Shanelle gives us a sneak peek of the Peek A Boo Koala. To request a toy in Canada, check out our Hacking For The Holidays page of our website. Requests will close November 30th, 2025.
Request: buff.ly/YEyMXcw
Request: buff.ly/YEyMXcw
Yesterday, our Prairie Office coordinated a visit with a Student Recruitment Advisor and an Accommodations Consultant from Saskatchewan Polytechnic. [1/3]
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yesterday, our Prairie Office coordinated a visit with a Student Recruitment Advisor and an Accommodations Consultant from Saskatchewan Polytechnic. [1/3]
On Tuesday, members of our Burnaby team had a great time touring the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB)'s new permanent facility in Vancouver.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
On Tuesday, members of our Burnaby team had a great time touring the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB)'s new permanent facility in Vancouver.
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When students at Gretna Green School learned they would be building switches for kids with disabilities for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign, they felt inspired to take it one step further, taking the initiative to raise over $500 for our campaign.
Read more: buff.ly/zIz9nnd
Read more: buff.ly/zIz9nnd
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
When students at Gretna Green School learned they would be building switches for kids with disabilities for our Hacking for the Holidays campaign, they felt inspired to take it one step further, taking the initiative to raise over $500 for our campaign.
Read more: buff.ly/zIz9nnd
Read more: buff.ly/zIz9nnd
Our Halifax employment services office has moved! We're now at 22 Fielding Ave in Dartmouth. (Our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social program remains at 5475 Spring Garden Road in Halifax).
Here's Job Developer Tammy Hiltz at the new office!
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Halifax
Here's Job Developer Tammy Hiltz at the new office!
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Halifax
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our Halifax employment services office has moved! We're now at 22 Fielding Ave in Dartmouth. (Our @makersmakingchange.bsky.social program remains at 5475 Spring Garden Road in Halifax).
Here's Job Developer Tammy Hiltz at the new office!
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Halifax
Here's Job Developer Tammy Hiltz at the new office!
#NeilSquire #CreativeEmploymentOptions #Employment #Halifax
Coralee credits #WorkBCATS staff with being “very kind, patient, and willing to help” throughout the process, and says that she has already recommended the program to others.
“Just a big thank you to all involved for [the] support and making a difference in peoples lives, mine for one.”
“Just a big thank you to all involved for [the] support and making a difference in peoples lives, mine for one.”
With the help of WorkBC Assistive Technology Services, Coralee, who has hearing loss, got the hearing aids she needs to find a job and thrive in her future workplace.
“These new hearing aids are giving me more confidence to look for work,” she shares. #WorkBCATS
Read more: buff.ly/qyfZxF3
“These new hearing aids are giving me more confidence to look for work,” she shares. #WorkBCATS
Read more: buff.ly/qyfZxF3
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Coralee credits #WorkBCATS staff with being “very kind, patient, and willing to help” throughout the process, and says that she has already recommended the program to others.
“Just a big thank you to all involved for [the] support and making a difference in peoples lives, mine for one.”
“Just a big thank you to all involved for [the] support and making a difference in peoples lives, mine for one.”
REGINA: Swing into Spring with us on March 14th, 2026, at our sixth annual Princess Ball fundraising event! Spend an afternoon with your favourite storybook Princes and Princesses and support people with disabilities in Regina.
Get your tickets: buff.ly/Xq3GLfw
Get your tickets: buff.ly/Xq3GLfw
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
REGINA: Swing into Spring with us on March 14th, 2026, at our sixth annual Princess Ball fundraising event! Spend an afternoon with your favourite storybook Princes and Princesses and support people with disabilities in Regina.
Get your tickets: buff.ly/Xq3GLfw
Get your tickets: buff.ly/Xq3GLfw