Sara Banghart is a mother of two. Her daughter, Raelyn, was born with Pompe disease, which is an inherited disorder caused by buildup of a complex sugar (glycogen) in certain organs and tissues, especially in the muscles. Due to this disease, her daughter is non-ambulatory and dependent on a wheelchair. A few years ago, Sara […]
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Veterans Honored Through Assistive Technology
Randy Berg is lucky to be alive. During a motorcycle ride on a warm spring day back in 1987, he ran off the road and flew face-first into a tree whose branch poked out his right eye, which was later replaced with a prosthetic one. Crushed nasal bones severed his left eye’s optic nerve. He […]
Consumer Highlight: Randy Berg
Randy Berg was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on July 15, 1961. He graduated high school from Terre Haute South Vigo High School in 1980. Immediately after high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and went to boot camp in Orlando, Florida. He then went to HTFN (Hull Tech), Firefighting training, and NBC Warfare […]
Consumer Highlight: Mike DiSanto
Mike DiSanto was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Mayfield High School in 2001, which is located in the Eastern suburbs of Cleveland. He was raised there with his younger sister and his parents and his sister still lives in Cleveland. Mike is married to “the love of my life, Anna and […]
Consumer Highlight: Harry Mize
Harry Mize was born in Indiana and lived in 7 different states throughout his childhood. He ended up back in Indiana for high school and graduated from Benton Central High School. After graduation, he went into the Army. He spent 4 years in the Army working as an Engineer. After the Army, he moved back to Indiana and […]
Consumer Highlight: Radha Warty
Radha Warty was born in India and moved to the United States when she was 5-years-old. She was born deaf. She attended the deaf school in New Jersey and learned sign language there. She was born to parents who both had their hearing and she struggled with communicating with them and others until she learned […]