Assistive Technology
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General Information on Assistive Technology & Equipment (Tennessee)
The Tennessee Technology Access Project
The Tennessee Technology Access Project (TTAP) provides Tennesseans who have disabilities with comprehensive information related to assistive technology including:
Resources for Assistive Technology Devices and Services
Information About the Funding of Devices and Services
Resources for Advocacy Services
Statewide Systems Change Initiatives/Activities
Assistive Technology Centers
Tennessee's Technology Access Centers are a "good start" for people with disabilities seeking information about and access to assistive technology. Tennessee's regional Technology Access Centers (also called Assistive Tech, or AT, Centers) are listed below:
Signal Centers Assistive Technology Center (Chattanooga)
The STAR Center (Jackson)
East Tennessee Technology Access Center (Knoxville)
Mid-South Access Center for Technology (Memphis)
Technology Access Center of Middle Tennessee (Nashville)
The Tennessee Regulatory Authority offers a number of programs that may be of use to the disability community. Click on the links below for information about and access to these services:
Tennessee Relay Center (TRC)
Provides free, statewide assisted telephone service to those with speech, hearing, and visual impairments. Relay service links conversations between people who use text telephones (TTY’s) or telebraille (TB) devices and people who use standard telephones.Telecommunications Devices Access Program (TDAP)
Distributes appropriate telecommunications devices so that persons who are deaf, deaf and blind, severely hard of hearing, severely hard of hearing and vision impaired or severely speech impaired may effectively use basic telephone service.Telephone Assistance Programs
The Link-up and Lifeline Telephone Assistance Programs offer affordable telephone service for low income telephone subscribers. Link-up will pay half of the installation charges for new telephone service, to a maximum of $30.00. Lifeline will save telephone subscribers up to $13.50 per month on the local service portion of the telephone bill
General Information on Assistive Technology & Equipment (National)
Alliance for Technology Access
ATA is a network of community-based Resource Centers, Developers and Vendors, Affiliates, and Associates dedicated to providing information and support services to children and adults with disabilities, and increasing their use of standard, assistive, and information technologies.
Assistive Technology for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities learn in elementary classrooms
ABLEDATA, a site of the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, provides product information, a consumer forum, resource centers, and more. This includes a wide range, from wheelchairs to vans to computer technology and more.
Assistive Technology Training Online Project (ATTO) provides information on AT applications that help students with disabilities learn in elementary classrooms.
Assistivetech.net is a national public website on assistive technology resources. The site includes a searchable database of assistive technology products and is sponsored by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).
DisabilityInfo.Gov offers information on accessibility, assistive and adaptive technology and laws and regulations related to technology.
Federal Communications Commission Disability Rights Office offers information and resources on programs enforced under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and more.
IT Works
Information Technology resources for the disability community.
JMF Computer Giveaway Application
Do you have a disability? Are you in need of a free computer? The Jim Mullen Foundation is proud to provide free computers for people who have a disability. They specialize in providing computers for anybody especially for those individuals who think that they are unable to use one. Just click here and print our official Computer Give-a-way Application. Tell them who you are and the nature of your disability (along with verification from your doctor), and they will provide you with a free computer, and they will attempt to provide you with the necessary adaptive hardware and software so that you will be most productive with your new computer
Mobility-Advisor.com: Live, Work, and Play More Independently
Educational resource with articles on wheelchairs, scooters, accessories, wheel chair sports, disabled travel, transportation, and assistive technology to enhance the lives of individuals of all ages who need mobility assistance.
National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education (AccessIT)
Includes resources on information technology for students and employees with disabilities.
National Lekotek Center
Ratings and reviews of toys for children with disabilities. Information on toys and play, including tips for choosing toys. Lekotek's Toy Resource Helpline provides play and toy specialists to answer questions on toys and play for children with disabilities.
Southeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center
One of ten regional ADA & I T Centers funded by NIDRR to provide training , technical assistance, and materials on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), accessible information technology (IT), and the rights and abilities of people with disabilities.
Technology and Developmental Disabilities, from the Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities
TechSoup
"The technology place for non-profits" includes articles on accessible technology and a listing of organizations that provide donated hardware.
Toys "R" Us Toy Guide for Differently-Abled Kids
The National Lekotek Center evaluates the toys chosen for possible inclusion for the Guide for those with exceptional qualities and, for those ultimately selected for inclusion, writes the copy for the Guide. Currently in its 11th year of publication, the Guide is available free at Toys "R" Us stores nationwide.
Web Accessibility Initiative
Accessibility guidelines, quick tips for making accessible websites, tools to evaluate web accessibility and more.