RIM POWER INC

RIM POWER IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION IS TO PROMOTE AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD IN WHICH EVERY WHEELCHAIR USER IS AN INTEGRATED MEMBER OF SOCIETY - VIEWED AS ENABLED RATHER THAN DISABLED.RIM POWER WAS FOUNDED IN 2016 BY MOHAMMAD SAYED, AN INVENTOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND DISABILITY RIGHTS ACTIVIST WHO HAS OVERCOME PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDS INFLICTED BY WARTIME VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS IN HIS NATIVE AFGHANISTAN. MOH'S MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 5 YEARS OLD, AND 11 DAYS LATER, HE BECAME PARALYZED WHEN HIS HOUSE WAS DESTROYED. HIS FATHER TOOK HIM TO AN NGO-OPERATED HOSPITAL, WHERE HE LIVED FOR SEVEN YEARS UNTIL AN AMERICAN NURSE BROUGHT THE 12-YEAR-OLD TO THE U.S. TO REBUILD HIS LIFE. HE ENROLLED IN NUVU, AN INNOVATION SCHOOL FOR MIDDLE- AND HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS IN CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS AND IN 2016 GRADUATED FROM CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN SCHOOL. DURING THIS TIME HE INVENTED AND HAS SINCE PATENTED NUMEROUS ADAPTIVE TOOLS FOR USE BY PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS.