Education Spotlight: D2MD Showcase Celebrates Inclusive Innovation
- Alexander Geht
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min read
D2MD (Design to Move & Develop) is a groundbreaking multidisciplinary education program where students learn by doing—collaborating directly with clinicians, caregivers, and children with disabilities. By fusing engineering, therapy, and lived experience, D2MD nurtures a new generation of human-centered innovators who design with purpose.
At 412 Ability Tech, our Education Pillar is focused on co-creating accessible, affordable, and impactful tools with students, families, and therapists. We don’t just build adaptive technology—we build it together, ensuring every design reflects the real-world needs of the people it serves. .
🎉 May 10th | D2MD Showcase Celebration
On May 10th, D2MD hosted a powerful student showcase in partnership with Schools, where students presented assistive technology projects—each one shaped by empathy, collaboration, and direct engagement with the disability community.
From classroom to clinic, these students proved what’s possible when education meets purpose.
When 412 Ability Tech and D2MD collaborate, education transforms.
We don’t just teach students to build—we teach them to care, include, and create with purpose.
Here’s how we do it:
Students work side-by-side with families, therapists, and children with disabilities—gaining insights no textbook can teach.
They design real-world solutions, not classroom exercises—prototypes that are used, tested, and improved in real lives.
We cultivate changemakers, where empathy drives engineering and inclusion sparks innovation.
This isn’t just a summer program—it’s a movement. A new model of learning where students don’t wait for the future. They build it.
🎓 Join Us This Summer
The D2MD 2025 Summer Institute is a FREE STEM camp for rising 6th–8th graders—focused on assistive technology and inclusive design - Learn more and RSVP.
🛠️ Ready to see your student invent, empathize, and grow in ways that matter?
🤝 Want to support or bring this program to your school or clinic?
We’d love to connect.