applauded.”
He found many willing collaborators. A month later, they reconvened to present their results, one of which was a rudimentary collision-avoidance system for wheelchair users.
Slattery hopes to one day host up to 100 hacking teams at the Baltimore Convention Center, an event that will include speakers, digital / engineering wizards, even employers. He’ s also working with volunteer architects to build another disabledaccessible home, the first of what he hopes will be many such houses.
“ Yes, you need money,” he says.“ But more than that, you need a community.”
Slattery’ s new community now includes people far from his field of economics, people who are helping him build a new normal for himself, Matthew, and potentially thousands of other families.
NAME: Ed Slattery
INNOVATION: Collaborating with hackers to design products and houses for people with disabilities
AGE: 60
HOME: Lutherville
OCCUPATION: Founder and Principal, FANN( Finding A New Normal)
HOBBIES: Gardening, hanging out with his children
FUN FACT: Planted a green roof on his house and is building an Adirondack herb dryer
BALTIMORE SOCIAL INNOVATION JOURNAL