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Grace Simon, tests a student group's software, Draw Free, on the final presentation date for projects of an EECS 481 course in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building atrium on December 11, 2013.
Draw Free is an art application that operates with input from a joystick and a mechanical button that enables Grace to have tools she needs to create her own works of art.
EECS 481 Students in EECS Professor David Chesney's course have been designing systems to make it easier for Grace Simon to communicate, play, or be more independent at school or home.
Simon was diagnosed with cerebal palsy at six months old. While Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, extensively sign, or walk, she has a very capable mind that can read and communicate by signaling 'yes' or 'no.'
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing
20131211_EECS481_EngineeringWithGrace_JX_011
Grace Simon, tests a student group's software, Draw Free, on the final presentation date for projects of an EECS 481 course in the Bob and Betty Beyster Building atrium on December 11, 2013.
Draw Free is an art application that operates with input from a joystick and a mechanical button that enables Grace to have tools she needs to create her own works of art.
EECS 481 Students in EECS Professor David Chesney's course have been designing systems to make it easier for Grace Simon to communicate, play, or be more independent at school or home.
Simon was diagnosed with cerebal palsy at six months old. While Grace doesn't have the muscle control to speak, extensively sign, or walk, she has a very capable mind that can read and communicate by signaling 'yes' or 'no.'
Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing