I have watched my aunt achieve many milestones of independence over the years--driving her own van, using a computer, using a telephone, controlling electrical items in her environment such as her TV, lights, and radio, feeding herself, signing her own thank you cards and checks, returning to school to obtain her law degree, and starting a career. All of these things were made possible by her willingness to adapt her way of doing things and by using adaptive devices and assistive technologies. So when I became an occupational therapist I had a special sense of the use of compensatory techniques and adaptive devices. I started my work as an occupational therapist in 1996 at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. I have worked with the spinal cord injury, brain injury, and amputee populations. I continued to stay interested in the role assistive technology (AT) plays in improving my patient's independence so in 2001, I began working in Spaulding's Assistive Technology Center. Then in 2003, I began teaching the Assistive Technology (AT) course at Tufts, with another occupational therapist, Molly Campbell, who works at the Adaptive Design Center at Perkins School for the Blind. The course is geared towards occupational therapy and engineering students who are interested in being creative in their approach to using AT to help people with disabilities.