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Lions Club works to help people in Batavia with vision and hearing needs. Partners with Dr. Rand Toney in Batavia to provide eye exams and glasses for those in need. Also, works with school nurses and Batavia Public Schools to provide services to students in need. Will consider other needed services.
4215 South Riverboat Road, Salt Lake City, UT 84123
Provides call captioning solutions for your home phone. After sign up , a complimentary CaptionCall phone is provided as part of the service. It works like a regular phone, but has a large touchscreen that displays scrolling text of your conversation for clear caption phone calls.
Sorenson CaptionCall is a provider of IP CTS which is a federal program supporting the requirement of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to allow individuals with hearing loss to use the phone in a manner that is functionally equivalent to a person without hearing loss. There is no cost for the CaptionCall phone or the captioning service.
Jernigen Place, 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Free 4-line, 28 cell slate and a round or saddle stylus to any blind or low vision person needing one. Individuals can request a free slate and stylus once per year.
409 Harrison Street, Mount Vernon, IL 62864
Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.
Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.
1604 West Main Street, Suite 100, Shelbyville, IL 62565
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.
213 North 3rd Avenue East, Newton, IA 50208
Offers to build wooden ramps for people in need who live in Jasper County, who own or rent a home. Also provides an equipment loan and donation program for items such as walkers, bath aids, toileting aids, adapted swings, adapted bikes, low tech switches and communication devices, bedside tables, and other types of products which a person with disabilities might need. This program also accepts donated wheelchairs and other equipment that are then reconditioned and loaned out to other clients. Also accepts and then loans out electric powered lift chairs.
Address Confidential, Davenport, IA 52807
Offers eyeglasses and hearing aids to those in need that do not have adequate resources with a referral from program or agency. Assists blind persons in obtaining guide dogs and Braille typewriters.
555 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE 68131
Clinical services offered include:
- Pediatrics,
- Developmental-behavioral pediatrics,
- Ear, nose and throat,
- Audiology,
- Orthopedics and sports medicine,
- Pediatric gastroenterology,
- Pediatric hematology assessment,
- Pediatric neurology,
- Pediatric ophthalmology,
- Pediatric rheumatology,
- Pediatric cardiology,
- Same Day Pediatrics.
Nebraska Department of Education, 1212 Benjamin Avenue, Norfolk, NE 68701
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.
330 South Grand Avenue West, Springfield, IL 62704
If an individual has trouble hearing on the phone, he or she may be eligible for a free amplified phone. Individuals can receive an application packet, test, and select a phone they would like to order.
Address Confidential, Omaha, NE 68132
Provides assistive technology for blind or visually impaired students to use in their homes.
Makes annual award to Nebraska teacher of the blind and visually impaired.
Offers a scholarship to graduating senior high school students.
Sponsors annual Christmas Party for blind and visually impaired children.
1111 9th Street, Suite 250, Des Moines, IA 50314
Prevent Blindness Iowa reaches thousands of Iowans through screening and education programs. Free eye exams and/or glasses for qualified low-income children and adults. Resource referrals for additional needs. Individuals need to call, no walk-ins.
PO Box 5233, Sioux City, IA 51101
Services include eye exams and glasses, hearing aids, eye donor cards, leader dog procurement, cornea transplants at University of Iowa, for those not covered by insurance or other programs.
Iowa Lions Kidsight: A cooperative sight project with the University of Iowa Hospitals. Pre-school children are screened by taking pictures of their eyes and sending the pictures to the U of IA Hospitals for evaluation. Parents are notified if their child is found to need eye care.
Charity grants to community agencies with regard to eyesight and hearing, food banks, clothing, and more.
Listening program provides equipment to preschools to help with autistic children.
Recycles eye glasses, lenses, frames and hearing aids. Lions disassemble, measure, clean and inventory the various parts to be available for people of third world countries as VOSH teams determine prescriptions.
International Lions Foundation: Our club supports the ILF to a total of $1000 each three years. Lions members and others in the community contribute additionally.
Other services are considered as needs are identified if fund are available and the club's board and members approve. More information available online.
209 South Merchant Street, Effingham, IL 62401
Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.
Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.
5101 52nd Avenue, Moline, IL 61265
Assistive technology services provide 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.
14040 Boys Town Hospital Road, Boys Town, NE 68010
Clinical services offered include:
- Pediatrics,
- Developmental-behavioral pediatrics,
- Ear, nose and throat,
- Audiology,
- Orthopedics and sports medicine,
- Pediatric gastroenterology,
- Pediatric hematology assessment,
- Pediatric neurology,
- Pediatric ophthalmology,
- Pediatric rheumatology,
- Pediatric cardiology,
- Same Day Pediatrics.
500 South Filmore Street, Elburn, IL 60119
Provides a wide variety of services to the community, including literacy programs, Recycle for Sight, vision screening, community service.
Address Confidential, Morris, IL 60450
Helps provide hearing and vision aids for people who cannot afford them.
401 NE 66th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313
Lending Library will be expanding, increasing access to assistive technology devices for individuals over 18 with disabilities, and for individuals over 60 experiencing social isolation. Along with an expansion of lendable devices, Easter Seals will be providing more training and education for individuals with disabilities, and their families, on using the devices. All items will remain the property of Easterseals Iowa. Will assist with training on how to use items correctly.
507 East Armstrong Avenue, Peoria, IL 61603
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.
Jernigen Place, 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Free white cane available to any blind or low vision individual in the United States, regardless of ability to pay. Individuals may request a cane as often as every six months. The cane is a straight white fiberglass cane.
1120 33rd Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
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.
1704 East College Avenue, Bloomington, IL 61704
OSF Home Medical Equipment helps convalescent individuals of any age remain at home by offering the following (and more):
- Respiratory supplies and services.
- Mobility equipment (canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchairs).
- Bathroom safety equipment and commodes.
- Hospital beds.
In-home delivery, pick-up, education, emergency on-call and repair services are also offered.
707 Windsor Road, Suite B, Charleston, IL 61920
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.
201 West Springfield Avenue, Champaign, IL 61820
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.