BANGOR – Families, friends, teachers and caretakers of adults and children with visual impairment, developmental delays, physical disabilities and other problems may want to attend one of three workshops on adaptive computer technology.

The free events, sponsored by the Technical Exploration Center in Bangor, will feature California-based assistive technologies expert R.J. Cooper, who designs computer hardware and software for people with all kinds of special needs.

Cooper will work individually with some workshop attendees to help assemble a computer system that meets their needs. This could include a keyboard with large backlit letters, a portable, talking note-taker, and a customized joystick that makes playing computer games easy, even for someone with limited hand and finger control. Cooper also has designed special voice-recognition software that responds to nontypical speech patterns, a simplified e-mail program and more.

The first workshop will be held at the South Portland Recreation Center on Wednesday, Sept. 24. Another will be at the Mountain View School in Sullivan on Thursday, Sept. 25. The last will take place on Friday, Sept. 26, at the Dyke Center for Family Business at Husson College in Bangor.

All three workshops run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. They are free and open to the public as well as to therapists, teachers and other professionals. Certificates of attendance or CEUs will be awarded.

To learn more about Cooper’s work, visit www.rjcooper.com.

To register for a workshop, contact Mark McCellan at info@tecmaine.org or call 992-9270.

The Technical Exploration Center is a community outreach program of Husson College, 34 Summer St. in Bangor. To find out more about TEC, contact Colleen Adams at 992-9270 or visit www.tecmaine.org.