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About Lightship: Our Genesis
Though officially formed in response to the crisis faced by Hurricane Katrina
survivors, Lightship Networks has been in conceptual development for some time.
Its roots go back at least 30 years, to early efforts to provide better housing
and care options for elders. Lightship?unders have spent decades involved
in research, advocacy, and services for elders as well as people of all ages
challenged with disabilities and frailties. All have extensive, personal
experience with the challenges of disability-either in terms of their own
struggles with a condition, caring for a stricken family member, or in helping
hundreds of people with disabilities professionally over many years.
Lightship Networks also owes its existence to the wealth of experiences,
contributions and expertise gained from many other initiatives, organizations
and enterprises, past and present, among them:
- The Center for Assisted
Living Innovation, founded at
Florida Gulf Coast University,
with invaluable contributions from the colleges of Health Professions,
Professional Studies, and Business
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TheSouthwest
Florida Center for Positive Aging
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The HALO Coalition and HALO Expo,
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Sunrise
Communities of Florida, serving the
developmentally disabled
- Centers
for Independent Living
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The at the James A. Haley Veterans
Hospital
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Paralyzed Veterans of America
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Florida Green Building
Coalition
- , a leading rehabilitation technology
provider
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Nautical Structures,
an innovator in accessible boating and recreation
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Jewel Building Systems,
a leading alternative building system innovator
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AK Steel,
a world-leader and innovator in high-tech rolled-steel production
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