Local Non-Profit Grants an Apharetta Senior’s Christmas Wish
BlueHair Technology Group provides an iPad for Sandy
This Christmas season, Sandy Patterson asked Santa for an iPad. Patterson is unable to use a computer because two strokes have left her with hemiplegia and cognitive deficits—she is paralyzed on one side of her body and unable to type or navigate with a mouse. The only technology that she can use is one that has voice recognition software. Prior to her strokes, Patterson had risen through the ranks to work in management positions with New Jersey Bell (now Verizon). Her sister, Priscilla Aiken, says Patterson was and still is a very smart individual. “I used to seek her counsel many times after I became management at my company,” Aiken says. “She always gave me great advice.” Patterson recalls that she once used a computer to “send out a …
