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Finding and buying the appropriate AT for your needs can be a daunting task. It doesn’t have to break your bank account. There are many resources here to help you get what you need or find alternatives to expensive equipment. Being organized and having a plan is a crucial first step. The first link here is a great place to start to develop your plan.
Assistive technologies (AT) like prosthetics, wheelchairs, speech devices and universal design techniques are enabling people with disabilities to tear down the real physical barriers that have historically kept the disability population segregated. However, what good are those AT devices if one cannot pay for them?
From low-tech to high-tech devices, every single person can use AT to improve his or her quality of life, work on an equal footing in the workplace and adapt to physically inhospitable environments.
There remains no comprehensive public AT funding mechanism in place, and the most common AT solutions depend on one's eligibility for complex social benefit programs. As things currently stand, an acute understanding of the ins and outs of overlapping federal and state health bureaucracies is the best way to find funding sources for the AT. Here are some links to information for navigating these traditional funding streams.