Meet Shirley Meet Shirley Burgess. Shirley is the first recipient of the VisuALS system from the Arkansas ALS Association’s loan closet. The ALS Arkansas Chapter is excited to be able to serve their loved ones with a brand new affordable AAC device and thrilled that Shirley gets to be the first one to use it. …
Meet Preston Preston Seaman is a student developer for the VisuALS team. He is a Sophomore majoring in Computer Science at Oklahoma Christian University. He comes from sunny California and was homeschooled there from kindergarten through high school. When he wasn’t working for VisuALS this summer, he spent his time visiting Europe for a month …
Meet Sarah We’re happy to introduce to you our first completed Love Fund! Joel Morris was searching online for a communication device for his mother, Sarah Leverett, who had recently had a stroke and lost all ability to communicate, when he came across one of our ads. After a few days of prayer, Joel decided …
Meet Preston Preston is one of the original developers of the VisuALS system. Recently, Preston rejoined the VisuALS team as the Chief Technology Officer, and helps manage our technical infrastructure. He has worked in a variety of roles, including public policy work in Washington D.C., as well as traditional engineering roles. Preston’s continued interest and …
Meet Steve Steve Snider has been an ALS patient for more than 4 years. His condition has deteriorated to where he cannot use his hands, arms, or legs. Steve wants to stay ahead of the next problem, which will be the loss of his ability to speak. Learning an eye gaze and text-to-speech system will …
Meet Addison Addison Schwamb is a sophomore Computer Engineering major at Oklahoma Christian University. She plans on graduating with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in 2020 Like others at VisuALS, Addison would like to have a career in biomedical engineering, writing software or developing hardware to help people with medical needs. Her mom lives with Type …
Carl represents everything that we want VisuALS to be. Our mission is to love our neighbors by restoring independence, dignity and hope through affordable assistive technology solutions. Carl truly showed us how to live out the first part of our mission, which is to “love our neighbors”. We are truly thankful for Carl and all …
Meet Steve Steve Maher has been actively involved with VisuALS longer than any other team member. Steve is an undergraduate and graduate level professor at Oklahoma Christian University and the chair of the graduate school of engineering and computer science. In December 2014 a masters student in engineering, Ash Srinivas, approached Steve with the idea of having …
Meet Carolyn Carolyn Heath is our newest beta customer. We’ve enjoyed getting to know Carolyn over the past several months through discussions at the Tulsa ALS Support Group meetings. Carolyn was diagnosed with ALS in 2013. Although she still has a strong voice, Carolyn was very interested in VisuALS from the first time she saw …
Meet Jevon When Jevon heard about the VisuALS project, it was an answer to prayer. While Jevon felt called to be an accountant, he struggled with how he could use accounting to love God and love his neighbor, beyond just making good money and being generous with his giving. A group of engineering students had …
