Organization Provides Assistive Computer Technology to Individuals with Severe Spinal Cord Injuries

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published March 30, 2017 at 12:02 PM CDT

Home Health nurse, Judy Scott, Andrea Beckman and Thomas Jakobs, founding board member of Be Extraordinary and president of Invotek.

Be Extraordinary, a non-profit organization based in Fort Smith helps Arkansans with disabling spinal cord injuries to achieve life goals by providing Invotek assistive technologies for tethering to computers and smart devices.

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