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By Chris Klein Hi, I am Chris Klein, cofounder of oneLINK. I had a very rough time coming into this world in 1973. My umbilical cord was prolapsed, so the doctors had to do an emergency c-section in order to save my life. When I was born I had been without oxygen for 45 minutes. The doctors gave me CPR for 40 minutes after birth. The lack of oxygen caused an injury to the motor part of my brain. I have Cerebral Palsy, and I am classified as an athetoid, which means my muscles never stop moving. When Tom Welling and I met, I had a garage door opener on my chair. I used it to opened my apartment door. That got Tom and I talking. Tom told me about an idea for a remote that could open any public door From there we both started to wonder whether we could take this idea and make it standard for public door access. The big blue buttons mounted on posts or walls do the job, but they are not convenient because you have to wait for the door to open. As a user I do not like this and it is very inconvenient. The idea behind oneLINK is to create a wireless open standard, so that any door company could build products to comply with the standard. This would be a vast improvement to the electric doors. I don't like waiting for a door to open, especially in the rain, snow, and cold. I want to have easy access just as the rest of the population. I believe oneLINK would create that ease of access with an adopted open standard. When Tom and I started to talk about this project I never thought I would become this involved in it. oneLINK is the best thing that has happened in my life this past year. I really see oneLINK benefiting the disabled population in the coming years. oneLINK has simplified my life. I can turn on my lights with a simple touch of a button. I can open my door with the same remote. You do not need two or three remotes to do these things with oneLINK. It is all on one three channel remote. What really excites me is the idea of oneLINK adopted for public doors access. This would mean any disabled person could go anywhere in the nation and open any public door that is oneLINK user friendly. This would not only open doors for me, but it would open up a whole new world for the disabled community. For a disabled person to be able to have public access at your fingertips would be a major step in the disability movement. I know oneLINK can do this, and this is our goal. We realize that an open standard needs to be adopted by not only government, but also by industry and disabled agencies. This is the only way oneLINK will become a reality, and a link to the door of tomorrow. How can you help us? Well, I see a couple of opportunities for you to be involved with oneLINK. First, we need financial support. As a nonprofit organization we depend on funding to reach our goal. The second thing you are able to do is to get the word out to disabled people and organizations. We want people to know we are here and we need their input in order to achieve this goal. I know our goal can be reached with a team effort, and my ultimate goal is to become an organization that will develop a better standard of life for the disabled community. I know this can be accomplished, but we need to all work together.
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Chris Klein |
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