Assistive Technology

  • Starkey Hearing Foundation/Hear Now
    www.sotheworldmayhear.org
    800-648-4327 (Hear Now)
    6700 Washington Avenue South
    Eden Praire, MN 55344
    Assists people who are hard of hearing with limited finances to get hearing aids

  • Sertoma - National
    www.sertoma.org
    816-333-8300
    1912 E. Meyer Blvd.
    Kansas City, MO 64132
    Assists people with speech, hearing and language disorders. Website gives contact information for local clubs - has hearing aid recycling program.

  • Texas Technology Access Project
    http://tatp.edb.utexas.edu/
    Local: 512-232-0740
    Toll-free: 800-828-7839
    This project provides information, conducts training and technical assistance to support children and adults with disabilities in their efforts to acquire and use technology as a routine part of day-to-day living.

  • The Center on Technology and Disability
    http://ctdinstitute.org/
    202-884-8068
    Resource designed to support organizations and programs that work with families of children and youth with disabilities; offers a range of information and services on the subject of assistive technologies.

  • Mobility 4 Kids
    Voice: 800-950-5185
    www.mobility4kids.com
    jim@mobility4kids.com
    Innovative Products, Inc., through Mobility4kids, custom-builds mobility equipment for people with disabilities and specifically children with disabilities. Our mobility devices are custom built. We work with representatives throughout the United States.

  • ABLEDATA
    www.abledata.com/
    Voice: 800-227-0216
    TTY: 301-608-8912
    Large database on assistive technology products.

  • Custom Prosthetic Design, Inc.
    www.prosthesis.com
    Voice: 703-723-4668
    Robert Barron custom makes very special prosthesis for faces and hands for people with cancer, congenital defects, or burns.

  • Service Dogs Inc.
    www.servicedogs.org
    877-TEX-DOGS
    512-891-9090
    Service Dogs for children with disabilities or chronic illness.

  • Pet Partners
    www.deltasociety.org
    425-679-5500
    Provides resources on therapy and service animals, a find-a-service-animal-trainer function and standards of practice in animal-assisted activities and therapy.

  • Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International (PATH Intl.)
    www.pathintl.org
    800-369-7433
    Features articles, information, and a find-a-center function.