(Photo by Annie Uyehara) Meet Alice Everyday Technology Helps Those with Challenges By Annie Uyehara How many times have we seen an ad for Alexa: “Alexa, turn on the lights!” It’s such a convenient device. But few of us have considered how this popular household product and other everyday technology can be a game-changer for those with physical and cognitive challenges, or for those who want to age independently. Alice Brouhard has an adult daughter with cognitive disabilities due to a ski accident at age five which left her partially paralyzed and with significant vision loss and no sense of time. Brouhard is a self-professed technology geek, so when she heard about Amazon’s Alexa device, she was intrigued about how it could help her daughter, Kara, become more independent. Because of Alexa and computer applications, Kara has lived on her own for 15 years. Brouhard, who gave a TEDX talk about how apps gave her daughter a voice, says technology has “changed by light years