Power Soccer Center Student Grant 2010

Power Soccer Equipment for Disabled Athletes
Nicole Knox, MFA Design, 1st year graduate
Community Partner: Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program, Berkeley California

This project will engage in a collaborative design process to develop new and innovative power soccer equipment. CCA MFA Design student Nicole Knox will partner with a local power soccer team, through the Berkeley non-profit organization Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program for the project. Power soccer is a modified version of soccer designed specifically for power wheelchair users. Participants include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabilities.

California College of the Arts
Center for Art and Public Life

Center Student Grants 2010

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