Purple Heart Services

Imagine you were DEAF.
Imagine you were BLIND.
Think about how much you would have to depend on others
to communicate. What if I told you there was a better way?
Purple Heart Services (PHS), a premier provider of high quality
technology products and services worldwide, tackles our countries
greatest challenges in developing training programs for veterans
with severe disabilities, assisting them in returning to the active
workforce as productive members of society. All developed in our
Research and Development Labs “Skunk Worx”. PHS is not
about a hand-out, it’s about hand-up.
PHS has embarked on a new mission “Project LIAB” (Lightning
In A Bottle). The fundamental mission of LIAB is connecting
veterans with severe disabilities in new ways. For example, a blind
veteran would encounter difficulties with visual items, just as a
deaf veteran often is not able to manage voice calls. However, a
blind veteran with screen reading software can participate in a
“chat” discussion with a deaf veteran who wishes to communicate
regarding a customer service issue or wishes to use this blind
veteran as a “relay operator” to communicate with a 3rd party, such
as changing a doctor’s appointment. This is one of many ways
LIAB works.
The result is that we are facilitating communication where it was
in the past difficult. We have restored their individual freedoms
and in turn, their dignity that only comes from self-reliance.
Utilizing tomorrow’s technologies, we can provide for a better
today.
Purple Heart Services
7008 Little River Turnpike
Annandale, VA 22003
703.635.3532 ph
877.788.1853 fax
www.PurpleHeartServices.com
LIAB: Lightning In A Bottle
SQUAD [noun]
Project MOS (Military Occupational Squad)
An ad hoc group of soldiers assigned
to a task or cooperative unit.
Medical technology has allowed more veterans to survive the effects of combat, longnd
term rehabilitation is then needed. Some veterans return home to fight a 2 battle:
Learning to live with a severe disability. (MOS) SQUAD training is geared towards those
with spinal cord injury (quadriplegia). With the use of H.K. EyeCan’s VisionKey
technology these spinal cord injured veterans can communicate using only eye
movements. Users can create documents, use email, and even “talk” using a voice
synthesizer.
When serving on active duty we
often knew our purpose in the
mission and served it well.
However, sometimes in our worlds
one moment changes everything
and our directives and abilities are
not so clear anymore. We struggle
to find a new sense of purpose.
PHS believes in assisting veterans
to embark on a new mission and is
here to help.
A new purpose
Purple Heart’s goal of (MOS) SQUAD training is to allow these individuals the gift of
communication and to allow them to become productive. (MOS) SQUAD graduates
utilize Adobe CS4 to help design and create web pages for the blind veteran to ensure
web pages are compliant to government standards. With training from Purple Heart,
these veterans can regain some of the freedom they have lost and also give back to
another veteran in need.
Who is PHS?
Purple Heart Services (PHS) is a
501c3 charity managed by the
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Service Foundation and has a long
and rich history in the disabled
veteran community.
SPINAL CORD / QUADRIPLEGIC TRAINING PROGRAM