About the Tetra Society

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Peter Smith
Principal, Vancouver
Community College

The Tetra Society of North America.is a non-profit organization, founded in 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia, that recruits skilled volunteers to create customized assistive devices for people with physical disabilities.

Tetra clients can be anyone. They can be infants or seniors or anyone in between. As well, levels of disability can vary greatly from client to client. No challenge given Tetra’s volunteers is deemed too great or too small. The goal is always to reduce societal and environmental barriers and to create increased independence.

Tetra’s assistive device projects tackle barriers to mobility, personal care and communications. They facilitate education, work and recreation. They provide increased access within households – kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms – and other environments, such as vehicles or places of business. In short, assistive devices created by Tetra focus on improving quality of life.

While Tetra operates in numerous cities and towns throughout North America, the services and talents of our expert volunteers are available to everyone. Information on past projects is shared system-wide; expertise is shared and requests for assistive device projects can even be filled remotely if someone lives in an area not served by a Tetra chapter.

To inquire about what our volunteers can do for you, simply contact your nearest Tetra chapter using the Find a Chapter search feature on the right. You may also contact our head office by email or call us (toll free) at any time.