Lee Perry is President of the Driving Aids Development Corporation (DADC), an innovative hand control and driving aid manufacturer, located in Northern Virginia, right outside Washington DC.

Growing up, Lee loved the outdoors and nature. He participated in sports, art, and music. He also spent days in his father’s shop, as old cars were restored to new cars, and inventive creations made. Over the years, Lee’s interests in art and science grew, nurtured by parents who made everything interesting, and in a home where open thought was never discouraged. Lee’s personal accomplishments included playing tuba with the Virginia All-State Band during high school, later spending two seasons with the Washington Redskins Marching Band. Lee’s art earned 3 first place prizes out of five categories in is high school’s art show, and to this day he continues to produce scratchboard etchings. Lee played soccer in his youth, became addicted to golf as a young man, and has practiced several martial arts styles over the years, recently earning a black belt in Tang Soo Do, a traditional Korean self defense style.

Lee studied geology at Virginia Tech, and completed his degree in Geological Engineering from George Mason University, graduating with a 3.85 GPA. Lee managed an engineering laboratory, and then went on to work for the Air National Guard as a project manager investigating and remediating impacted hazardous waste sites on Air Force and Air National Guard bases throughout the country.

In 1982, Lee’s brother was paralyzed in a motorcycle racing accident, . Lee’s father developed and patented the DADC500 power assisted hand control system to help his son. During those years, Lee spent much of his off hours machining parts and assembling the hand controls. After his father died in late 1999, Lee left his full time post with the Air Guard and reincorporated to keep DADC going.

Lee’s love of art and science and spirit of service to others found a perfect home in an industry that is both technically demanding, and devoted to helping people. He adheres to the spirit of his family legacy where high quality comes first, and good ideas become reality. The daily existence for Lee is filled with hard work and some panic, but mostly ideas and friends, many of whom have been affected by his work. Lee strives to continually improve the quality of his company’s existing products, and embraces innovation to include new hand control systems and other products that support driver rehabilitation specialists.

One such innovative product Lee has contributed to the Accessible Racing cause is the Hand Control Driver Training and Gaming Station, now also known as the Accessible Race Game. In the future, Lee plans to contribute as much as possible to the cause of Accessible Racing, and shares hopes that Accessible Racing will prosper and reach many disabled people, who will in turn be able to enjoy all the benefits of the experience. He also aspires to design and build hand control systems and other systems to try to give an edge to hand control users and enable them to be truly competitive. Perhaps the next racing all-star will be groomed by Accessible Racing!