After a 17-year career as a Microsoft Systems Engineer and network manager, I graduated in Industrial Design at OCAD University (2021) in addition to my studies in Art and Design Foundations at University of London (UK 2016). My previous work experience, where I was responsible for computer network systems providing service to 1200 users, helped develop and enhance my critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This work also greatly shaped my project management, communication and time management skills which I am now incorporating into my design career. I see dependency as a major psychological concern in the disabled community and I want to counter this feeling of helplessness. In my experiences working with kids with disabilities I was affected by the seemingly inanimate expressions on many of the children. It seemed to me that they felt like outliers, perhaps even as lesser humans. Using my experiences in a multi-disciplinary art and design environment I believe that I can change one aspect of a person’s daily life and assist them and their care-givers to move forward in other areas.