Graduates of assistive technology training course showcase talents

GRADUATES of the 2010 Enable Ireland assistive technology training course showcased their innovations in Dublin yesterday.

Philip McKeown displayed his prototype wheelchair which can move from a sitting to a standing position, while Nadine Lattimore devised suitable technologies to enable a young adult with a visual impairment to achieve full independence.

Some 46 students graduated yesterday bringing the number of graduates from the course to 232 after 10 years.