Aloha STAC (Aloha Special Technology Access Center), incorporated in December of 1988, is a non-profit grass root's effort networking people of all ages. The Board of Directors are parents, individuals with disabilities, and professionals. Our base organization is the Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) of Albany, California founded in 1983 by Ms. Jacquelyn Brand and her husband. Giving them access to Applelink (Apple's electronic bulletin board) Apple Computer, Inc. played a significant part by setting up a communication network to share new information. Their daughter was born with cerebral palsy but through computers and technology Brand gave her, then 11th grader, access to activities typical of a young adult.

When Jackie setup the first center that year, the object was to involve parents of kids with disabilities, computer salespeople, educators and others interested in finding new ways to use technology-then network it to people needing access. Presently ATA is spread out over thirty-four states, having forty six centers and numbering 95,000 people.