TECHNOLOGY
Programs and resources which offer training, services and assistance for a variety of technologies for people with disabilities and universal design.
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- PIAT - Pennsylvania's Initiative on Assistive Technology
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Public awareness, information and referral, advocacy, and training to enhance access to assistive technology for all Pennsylvanians with disabilities. Activities include development, implementation, and monitoring of laws, policies, practices, and organizational structures to improve access to assistive technology for all people with disabilities.
AT Focus—The Newsletter of Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION A Publication for Local Branches of Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library- Assistive Technology Device Demonstration
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing opportunities for "guided exploration" of a specific device or category of devices. - Assistive Technology and Employment
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Educating employers, providing awareness and training on the benefits of assistive technology in teh workplace. - Funding for Assistive Technology
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing funding guidance for the purchase of assistive technology devices and services. - Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Stocking hundreds of items ranging from adapted toys to wheelchairs to aid individuals with disabilities in decision-making about possible purchase. - HEAT - Pennsylvania's Higher Education Assistive Technology Lending Program
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing students with semester-long loans of assistive technology devices. - REEP - Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Listing service for people with disabilities to donate, sell or buy a wide variety of assistive devices. - TDDP - Telecommunication Device Distribution Program
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing specialized equipment to Pennsylvanians whose disabilities impede independent access to telephone services. - Free Adapted Smoke Alarm Program
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing free adapted smoke alarms to families of children with special needs who cannot afford to purchase one.
- Assistive Technology Device Demonstration
- Assistive Technology Research and Collaborative on Cognitive Disabilities
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Addressinf adults with traumatic brain injury and adults and children with intellectual disabilities. - Assistive Technology Companion Guide to the Transition Health Care Check List: Health Care Skills Needed for Independence
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Addressing the gap in health services for youth with special health care needs who are transitioning to adult life. - Augmentative & Alternative Communication
SUMMARY +/- Providing training and technical assistance to individuals with significant speech disabilities who use augmentative or alternative communication.- ACES - Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Year-long augmentative communication and empowerment program designed to increase the communication effectiveness of adults with significant speech disabilities. - ACOLUG - Augmentative Communication Online Users' Group
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Internet listserv allowing users of augmentative communication (AAC) to communicate with each other and with AAC professionals. - Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Vocabularies and Symbol Sets
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Vocabularies that individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and their families need to participate in socially-valued adult roles.
- ACES - Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports
- Technical Assistance
SUMMARY +/- | COMPLETE INFORMATION Providing technical assistance at the local, state, and international levels to individuals, agencies, and government entities, focusing on increasing the independent productivity and inclusion of all people with developmental disabilities.
