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Assistive technology services provides alternatives to individuals with physical and/or developmental disabilities, who find independence challenging at work, at home, or in the community.

Provides evaluations and recommendations, assistance in obtaining funding for equipment, training for the individual and their primary caregiver(s), follow-up, and equipment maintenance. Staff will travel to home, facility, etc.

Offers a variety of rental medical equipment and supplies.

Products include:

-- Mobility aids

-- Breast pumps and accessories

-- Bandages and wound care

-- Medical instruments

-- Orthopedic products

-- Aids for daily living

-- Ostomy products

-- Hosiery and medical legwear

-- Oxygen, respiratory and CPAP machines and accessories

-- Hospital beds and accessories

-- Home safety products (grab bars, bath/shower benches, elevated toilet seats)

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
Medical Equipment/Supplies

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment

Offers to lend medical health equipment to individuals in Whiteside County. Also accepts donated equipment. Types of equipment available include canes, crutches, walkers, hospital beds, wheelchairs, knee walkers, bedside commodes, toilet risers, shower/bath seats, bath transfer benches, bathtub rails, shower grab bars, 30" Reach/grab, icing machines, ankle and wrist weights, bed rails, toilet rails, and gait belts, surgical boots, sock aids and more.

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Medical Equipment/Supplies
Assistive Technology Equipment

Eye care services include:

- Adult and children's eye exams.

- Cataract surgery.

- Diabetic eye care.

- Laser surgery.

- Glaucoma.

- Floaters.

- Eyelid plastic surgery.

- Pediatric eye disease.

- Macular degeneration.

Eyeglasses services include:

- Standard prescriptions.

- No-line bifocals.

- Ultra-thin/ultra-light lenses.

- OSHA-approved safety glasses.

- Sports glasses.

- Custom sunglasses.

Educational, daily living, assistive, and recreational products for vision impaired persons of all ages.

Provides informational and educational programming targeted toward a consumer or a group of consumers with the intent to develop or increase the skills, knowledge and/or abilities required to live, work and play in the community.

Programs offered include self-advocacy and awareness, life skills training, braille training, TTY training, personal assistant information, interpreter referrals and equipment demonstration and loan.

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Assistive Technology Information
Braille Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Offers every service and program available to people who are deaf or hearing impaired. In contrast, some services are specific to the deaf community, such as securing TTYs, advocating for more interpreters, using the Video Relay Service (VRS), etc.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Assistive Technology Equipment
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Provides a directory of Lions Clubs and would refer based on where inquirer lives for possible assistance with glasses and hearing aid needs. Accepts donations of used eyeglasses for third world projects. Also accepts used hearing aids. Eye screenings for children 6 months to 48 months.

PROJECTS include an Eye Bank and donor information.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Civic Groups
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Eye Screening
Provides medical equipment for sale or for rent to patients. Services offered include sleep care, respiratory care, diabetes care, enternal nutrition care, pharmacy, and wound care. For specific information on what medical equipment that is available for sale or for rent clients must call.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies

Equipment available includes seating/positioning devices, bathing/toileting equipment, standing devices, wheeled mobility, and electronic aids to daily living. Evaluations and fittings provided.

Specific programs include:

- "Amtryke" program provides adapted tricycles.

- "iCan Bike" program teaches children how to ride a bicycle.

- Augmentative/Alternative Communication uses high-tech devices and low-tech strategies to facilitate communication and speech development.

Offers to sponsor a rental program of adapted equipment to its members only.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment

Hair replacement for children who have experienced hair loss due the illnesses of cancer, alopecia, trichotillomania, and other medical conditions.

See website for information on hair donation and stylists that provide services free of charge for donors.

Wigs for Kids does not charge their recipients for the custom wigs.

Monetary donations are needed to underwrite the manufacturing of the hairpieces and distribution.

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Natural Hair/Wig Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment

Information and referral.

Client assistance grants provides limited financial assistance for adaptive equipment, removing barriers in the home, and provides scholarships for special programs.

Tech Tools, a developmental technology library, provides adapted toys and devices to people of all ages with individual and physical disabilities at no cost to families and professionals. Libraries are located in Omaha, Gretna, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island, Fremont, and Kearney.

Family Focus is a series of events throughout the year designed for the entire family unit bringing families facing similar challenges together and providing the opportunity to draw strength and knowledge as well as relax and socialize.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Provides low-income individuals who are not eligible for eye exams, glasses, hearing tests, or hearing aids through other public benefit sources can apply for those services through their local club.

Services include

Used Eyeglasses Collection. Eyeglasses collected for distribution and reuse in poverty areas worldwide.

Diabetic Eye Screening, Travels the state to give free, basic screenings to adults with diabetes and adults over 55 years of age to detect diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.

Mobile Hearing Screening Unit that travels the state to give free screenings to adults, detect possible hearing loss, and educate the public.

Used Hearing Aid Bank provides reconditioned hearing aids to persons who cannot afford them.

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Evaluation for Assistive Technology
Eye Care
Assistive Technology Equipment
Hearing Screening
Medical Expense Assistance

Used medical equipment available for township residents. Equipment can be on loan for up to 3 months, or more if approved. Common items available:

- Walkers

- Wheel chairs

- Crutches

- Commodes

- Shower Seats

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Provides medical equipment for sale or for rent to patients. Services offered include sleep care, respiratory care, diabetes care, enternal nutrition care, pharmacy, and wound care. For specific information on what medical equipment that is available for sale or for rent clients must call.

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Assistive Technology Equipment
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Provides short-term medical equipment loans for wheelchairs, walkers, canes, commodes, shower benches and tub transfer benches for three months time.
Provides durable medical equipment, specialty orthotics, and adaptive solutions for central Iowa children and young adults. There are specialists to educate parents and caregivers in how to safely use assistive technology for each child. ChildServe provides a wide range of adaptive or medical equipment from pediatric seating and mobility fitting to wheelchairs, adaptive devices, augmentative communication devices, custom braces, helmets, medical supplies and (prosthetics Johnston Only).

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Medical Equipment/Assistive Technology Donation Programs
Assistive Technology Equipment

Provides a vision wellness program offering vision and low vision exams, preventive eye care, vision protection, low vision aids & technology, vision rehabilitation therapy.

Helps Nebraskans with disabilities, their families, and professionals obtain assistive technology devices and services.

Provides training on a wide range of assistive devices, as well as early childhood/school age development and technology services.

Locates available funding sources.

Provides information about:
-- Technology solutions, costs, availability, and vendors
-- Specialized or adapted vehicles and mobility devices

Offers technical assistance:
-- Individualized assessments for home and worksite modifications
-- Early childhood and school solutions
-- Website assessments for accessibility

Equipment provision:
-- Demonstrations of assistive technology
-- Short term equipment loans
-- Locating used equipment

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Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Assistive Technology Equipment

Provides augmentative and alternative communication options through assistive technology, which enables children and youth with disabilities to participate more fully in all aspects of life. Augmentative and Alternative Communication includes various communication methods that enhance or replace verbal speech or writing for individuals with communication disabilities. Check the team resource folders for additional Assistive Technology & Augmentative and Alternative Communication information for IEP teams to consider and utilize including AT Information and Tools, AAC Information and Tools, or use the form link on the website to request AAC Collaboration.

Employment program for people who experience a disability. Assists people with disabilities prepare for, find, and keep a job. Program is voluntary and the services provided will be specific to an individual's needs.

Helps businesses recruit, train, and retain employees with disabilities.

Categories

Independent Living Skills Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistive Technology Equipment

Provides informational and educational programming targeted toward a consumer or a group of consumers with the intent to develop or increase the skills, knowledge and/or abilities required to live, work and play in the community.

Programs offered include self-advocacy and awareness, life skills training, braille training, TTY training, personal assistant information, interpreter referrals and equipment demonstration and loan.

Categories

Assistive Technology Information
Braille Instruction
Assistive Technology Equipment
Independent Living Skills Instruction