Sonzia

Sonzia engineers educational and therapeutic technology to meet the needs of those with autism and...

Meet Annie, one of Sonzia’s Extended founders.

Annie is a cancer survivor and the reason Touch Easel exists. She is the daughter of the head of Sonzia’s R&D, Edison. Diagnosed with neuroblastoma at 14 months old, she ultimately lost her ability to walk, crawl, feed herself, and, most crushing of all, talk. She is now a very active, quick-witted teenager, but due to the side effects of her cancer and her life-saving surgery, she still lacks fine motor skills. It is difficult for Annie to use the "smart" technology most people take for granted; even today's largest tablets require remarkable dexterity to operate. Annie was lucky. She not only survived, she had one of the most brilliant technologists alive as a father. Edison has been building technology from scratch to interact with her since she was a baby. This time, Edison went one step further to build a tool accessible to all people with learning, motor, or intellectual disabilities. With Touch Easel, Annie is immersed in the connected, highly interactive world that had previously been closed off to her.  A world most of us take for granted.