SDFF: Adaptive Technology Instructor Teaching Low-Vision and Blind Students How To Use A Computer
Channel: San Diego Futures Foundation
Date: 25/01/2019

Instructor, Allison Depner explains how computers have made a huge difference in the lives of her students, who are either visually impaired or blind, by sharing her personal experience. 

Our mission at San Diego Futures Foundation is to improve lives in San Diego County by making information technology available to underserved populations by providing technology equipment, training, support, IT outsourcing, and digital media services to Nonprofit organizations, disadvantaged small businesses, low-income households, people with disabilities, and seniors. SDFF is working hard to bridge the digital divide in our community.

Located in the heart of City Heights, SDFF has been a driving force behind digital inclusion efforts across the county with over 53,980 computers distributed, more than 3,825,000 lbs. of e-waste diverted from landfills, over 41,228 hours of IT Services provided to up to 154 nonprofits, and 1,276 nonprofits served with up to five donated computers each. SDFF has also trained over 13,000 adults, seniors, and youth in digital literacy and workforce development.

We are a Tech-nonprofit who believes in and encourages digital equity for all. With a commitment to environmental sustainability and community welfare, the San Diego Futures Foundation is in the business of improving lives through technology.

We help fuel San Diego’s workforce and economic development by providing resources that assist individuals and communities navigate our digital world with repurposed computers and educational programs that promote digital literacy.

Over the years, we have witnessed scores of customers transformed by SDFF’s programs and services. Our internship training, adaptive technology courses, and coding boot camps, to name a few, have all given students the means necessary to seek and secure gainful employment, enabling each to become contributing members of society.

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