DesignAbility® matches skilled volunteers with consumers facing unique barriers in order to create or modify devices to increase independence.

CONSUMERS – if you or someone you know has a physical disability and needs a solution or modification to a device that cannot be found on the market, then make a request to our talented DesignAbility volunteers. There is no charge for the work they do except the expense of the materials involved. These creative solutions can help you or your child or someone you know overcome a barrier to work, play or personal care and performing daily activities. Here is what you need to do.

1. Fill out a request for assistance form DesignAbility® Request for Assistance form Fax to 416 425 1920 or mail it to 10 Overlea Blvd, Toronto, ON. M4H 1A4. 
2. A volunteer will contact you to arrange a meeting
3. Participate in designing a solution that will work for you

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WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!

Are you handy? Do you like to solve problems and make things?

March of Dimes is looking for volunteers who have skills in wood, metal, or plastic fabrication or knowledge about assistives devices. As a DesignAblility volunteer, you have the opportunity to work in a group, with a partner, or one on one with a consumer who has requested assistance.

Please read below to see what's involved in becoming a DesignAbility volunteer:

1. Join a local chapter or start your own
2. Receive requests for assistance from your area
3. arrange to meet the consumer on your own or with another volunteer and preferably with an Occupational Therapist
4. design and construct or modify a device
5. deliver to customer and adjust if necessary
6. document your activities and submit expenses to client or March of Dimes

Sign Up DesignAbility® Volunteer Registration form

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For Occupational Therapists

If you are an Occupational Therapist and would like to know more about volunteering and how DesignAbility can benefit you, please click here

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The efforts of our volunteers have brought an enormous amount of satisfaction to the program's participants by enabling them to independently enjoy simple pleasures such as reading, gardening or even preparing food.

• See some of our completed DesignAbility® projects
• Read the latest DesignAbility® Newsletter Fall 2009
• See how DesignAbility® made all the difference for one independent consumer - story