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SUMMARY:Maker’s Toolbox: A Learning Series Webinar
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-size: 14px\; font-family:
  arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong><em>Hosted by RESNA&rsquo\;s Maker Spec
 ial Interest Group</em></strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: 
 arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong>Date:</strong> Wednesday\, November 18\,
  2026</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><
 strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp\;5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET</span></p>\n<p><span 
 style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong>Pricing:</strong> Fr
 ee for RESNA Members | $45 for Non-Members</span></p>\n<hr />\n<p><span st
 yle="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong>Abstract:</strong></sp
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 ertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\; font-family: arial\, san
 s-serif\; color: #000000\;">Assistive technology (AT) makers can create lo
 w-cost\, customized solutions\, but knowing which tools and supplies to st
 art with is often the biggest barrier to entry. In this multi-part webinar
  series\, we make getting started more approachable! Join us for our first
  session that introduces the essential tools\, materials\, and supplies co
 mmonly used in AT fabrication\, including soldering equipment\, wires\, an
 d connectors of different types. Presenters will explain what each item is
  used for\, how to select quality options at different budget levels\, and
  how to use them safely. Attendees will leave with a foundational understa
 nding of part of the maker toolkit and a practical shopping list to prepar
 e for the live-build session that follows\, in which participants will fab
 ricate a piece of AT chosen by audience participation during the session.&
 nbsp\;</span></p>\n<div><span style="font-size: 11pt\; background-color: t
 ransparent\; font-variant: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space
 : pre-wrap\; font-family: arial\, sans-serif\; color: #000000\;"><br />\n<
 /span></div>\n</span>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\;"><br />\n</spa
 n></p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\;">Currently under review for I
 ACET approval.<br />\n</span>\n</p>\n<ol style="margin-left: 20px\; paddin
 g-left: 20px\;">\n</ol>\n<p><strong><span style="font-family: arial\; colo
 r: #000000\;">Learning outcomes:</span></strong></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><stron
 g><span style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;">Upon successful comp
 letion of this presentation participants will:</span></strong><span style=
 "background-color: initial\; font-size: 11pt\; white-space: pre\; font-fam
 ily: arial\, sans-serif\; color: #000000\;">    </span></p>\n<span id="doc
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 style="white-space: normal\; font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"></span
 ></p>\n<ol>\n    <li><span style="color: #000000\;">Identify at least 2 co
 mmon tools used by makers to fabricate assistive technology and describe t
 he purpose of each.</span></li>\n    <li><span style="color: #000000\;">Id
 entify at least 2 common materials used by makers to fabricate assistive t
 echnology and describe 1 possible use of each.</span></li>\n    <li><span 
 style="color: #000000\;">Describe 2 basic safety principles for working wi
 th soldering equipment and electronic components.&nbsp\;</span></li>\n</ol
 >\n<div><br />\n</div>\n<p>Currently under review for IACET approval.</p>\
 n<p>\n</p>\n<hr />\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\; color:
  #000000\;"><strong>Speakers:</strong></span></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<
 p>\n</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong><
 span class="fontstyle0">Christina Maragioglio-Esposito\, MS\, ATP\, RET</s
 pan></strong></span></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><span class=
 "fontstyle0" style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><span class="fo
 ntstyle0"><span style="white-space: pre-line\; font-family: arial\; color:
  #000000\;">Christina Maragioglio-Esposito\, MS\, ATP\, RET</span>&nbsp\;i
 s on a mission to help establish educational equity through the use of tec
 hnology. As the Director of Technology and Learning at Da Vinci Collaborat
 ive\, she coordinates and delivers assistive technology services for a var
 iety of school districts across Long Island\, NY. By partnering with stude
 nts\, parents\, and schools\, Christina assists in providing access to new
  technologies and training on their use both inside and outside the classr
 oom. Christina has a<br />\nBS/MS in Mechanical Engineering from Rochester
  Institute of Technology\, during which she focused on the design of assis
 tive technology. From her engineering background\, Christina also enjoys 3
 D printing and accessible design\, as well as bringing her unique perspect
 ive and problem-solving strategy into the education space.</span><strong>\
 n</strong><strong>\n</strong></span></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\
 n<p><span style="font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong><span clas
 s="fontstyle0">Antoinette Verdone\, MSBME\, ATP\, RET</span>\n</strong></s
 pan></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: ar
 ial\; color: #000000\;"><span style="white-space: normal\;">Antoinette Ver
 done\, MSBME\, ATP\, RET has been in the AT industry for over 25 years. Sh
 e has a&nbsp\;</span><span style="white-space: normal\;">bachelor's degree
  in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering
 \, with a&nbsp\;</span><span style="white-space: normal\;">focus on Rehabi
 litation Engineering. Antoinette has worked in government\, non-profit\, a
 nd private&nbsp\;</span><span style="white-space: normal\;">settings provi
 ding the full breadth of assistive technology solutions to people with dis
 abilities ranging&nbsp\;</span><span style="white-space: normal\;">from AL
 S to learning disabilities. Antoinette is the Founder and Lead AT Consulta
 nt for ImproveAbility\,&nbsp\;</span><span style="white-space: normal\;">b
 ased in Austin\, TX.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style="white-space: norma
 l\; font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span s
 tyle="white-space: normal\; color: #000000\;"><strong style="box-sizing: i
 nherit\; font-weight: bold\; font-size: 13px\;"><span style="font-size: 14
 px\; font-family: arial\;">Gabrielle Kowalski\, OTD\, OTR/L&nbsp\;</span><
 /strong></span></p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><span style="whit
 e-space: normal\; font-family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><br />\n</span></
 p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><br />\n</p>\n<p><span style="font
 -family: arial\; color: #000000\;"><strong>\n</strong></span></p>\n<p>\n</
 p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p>\n</p>\n<p><span style="font-family: arial\; color: #000
 000\;"><strong>Click &ldquo\;Register&rdquo\; in the upper right corner to
  register today.</strong></span></p>
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