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One of the things that are not available in Northern Virginia for consumers/
survivors/ ex-patients, is an open shop/ garage/ open yard and house area,
plus a consumer driven and seleccted meeting space for regional .
meetings and peer to peer interactions plus other ideas described briefly below.
Using the model of Hackerspaces. which are evolving technical common areas /
communities with tools (soldeirng, oscilliscopes, signal, parts some shop equipment
like saws, vise, projectors for movies, storage space for donated parts for creating/
designing new devices) for electronics and other types of DIY (Do It Yourself) projects.
HacDC.org was created about a year ago, but is too far away for most people
in Northern Virginia to participate regularly, and conveneiently, and
costs membership money (about $50/ month / person) for rent, expenses, etc..
Plus while knowlegable, not as welcoming to mental health, disability, homeless
and poor people as I would like, so what DIY people tend to do is, create/ MAKE
OUR OWN.
Some things that might be done in the C/S/X Hackerspace,
I'm Dubbing JerrySpace include:
- learning and transfereing technical skills to and from c/s/x
- refurbishing computers for c/s/x use
- learning about assistive tech, screen readers,
- A/V recording, video/ audio for documenting conferences and c/s/x events plus c/s/x initiated creative arts and technical projects.
- A Bike loan/ rental place for consumers to get exercise, try different types of bikes (folding/ recumbent/ sizing/ designing solar, etc)
- and perhaps maintain/ or assemble a bike for their own use Mount Ranier Coop and other community bike shops allow empoverished (and other) people to donate time,learn how to assemble and maintain a bike and end up with a bike from parts available and donated.
- temporary storage space: sometimes c/s/x and homeless move frequently and if in a warehouse type area, might be able to store stuff temporatiliy, depending upon the community based decision process
- donating excess equipement and recirculating area, like someone has an extra A/C, Fridge, Cabinet, table/ etc and it finds a home among the community, similar to FreeCycle and other recycling projects but cheaper than ThriftShops and available to the general C/S/X and disaibility community, but still part of the larger public community
- meeting area/ brokering moving help: so an so has a ttruck, some guys/ gals are willing to help, more like more rural/ farm environment, neighbors helping neighbors, and creating community on that type of thing too.
- MOTORPOOL: transportation is such a big issue for c/s/x and poor people in general. Various Drop In Centers have vans, and more are trying to acquire them, but a common space and perhaps shop area for light work, plus having enough for car/van sharing similar to the commercial model Zipcar and local governments have to go to regional, state and local events. How people are authorized and selected to drive, insurance and other legal matters to be worked out.
- Acquiring/Learning and transfering skills for home management Many c/s/x myself included, have never owned a home, much less had a garage/ workshop, technical community where you could learn about and build really geeky stuff like Garduino (an automated plan nursery system based on Arduino open source hardware described in the latest Make Magazine by O'Reilly). and more common electronics like Audio/Video, digital photography, test equipment, etc
- Robots: Toy and real robots are high tech, which most C/S/X may have not experienced.
- Assistive use of robots like Roomba (vacuuming automaton) for seniors and some other challenged folks
- Interest in natural environments is stiflled by people not having a yard, much less a garden. Some day programs like Mount Vernon's CDT (Comprehensive Day Treatment), since renamed to something else, had a garden and even a memorial tree(s) for lost program member(s). Horticulultural and gardening, Farmer's Markets like in Loudoun, Cooking/ Baking, etc, are missing in most c/s/x environments, as mentioned in the Funding Input session for Woodburn Crisis Care requesting a Hot House (covered all season growning area). But if people are out of that program, or not in crisis how would they have access to such a place?. Community gardens are not widespread in Fairfax County, though some appear to exist in Arlington near the Four Mile Run and Shirtlington and perhaps other areas.
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