Assistive Technology

Assistive technology is any item, piece of equipment, or system commonly used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of people with disabilities. Examples include adapted eating utensils, picture communication boards, radios with special switch devices, screen readers, wheelchairs, electric van lifts, software programs and communication devices.

Ohio Legal Rights Service (LRS) assists people with disabilities in acquiring necessary AT devices and services by providing information about the right to AT and types of AT available, as well as negotiating with service providers for the provision of AT devices and services.

Resources from LRS

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Ohio Lemon Law - Assistive Technology

Resources from Ohio organizations

• Assistive Technology of Ohio (services include computer re-purchase program, device lending library, AT equipment trading post)
• Assistive Technology Services - Miami Valley
• Funding for Generators - Steps for Acquiring Funding through the Ohio Home Care Program
• Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence - Assistive Technology

Resources from National organizations

• Able People Foundation
• AbledBody
• AbleData
• Accessible Technology Coalition
• Alternatives in Motion
• Assistive Technology Training Online Project
• assistivetech.net
• Association of Blind Citizens - Assistive Technology Fund
• Closing the Gap
• Compendium of Home Modification and Assistive Technology Policy and Practice Across the States
• Consumer Rights in the Medicaid Process: Understanding and Protecting Those Rights Should Ensure More Access to Assistive Technology (PDF file)
• Disability.gov - Assistive Technology
• Equality Technology
• Family Center on Technology and Disability
• Family Information Guide to Assistive Technology
• Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition
• Infinitec.org
• Let's Play! Projects
• National Assistive Technology Research Institute
• ParentPals.com - Assistive Technology section
• Pass It On Center
• Reuse Your AT
• StairLift-Info.net
• TechMatrix
• The Alliance for Technology Access
• The Open Prosthetics Project
• Tots 'n Tech
• WheelchairNet

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