Assistive Technology/ Equipment

 

• Advance Medical Equipment, Inc.

Established in 1977, Advance Medical Equipment is experienced in providing a wide-range of home medical equipment and supplies.

• Associated Services for the Blind

ASB is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization that is dedicated to inspiring self-esteem, independence, and self-determination among people who are blind or visually impaired

• Cane & Able

Cane & Able, Inc. is a provider of aids for daily living and mobility products. They work closely with hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, assisted living facilities, senior centers, medical offices, and other institutions.

• Direct Care for Kids (Variety Club)

Direct Care was established to assist families in obtaining medical equipment, devices, and therapies for children with disabilities that insurance and other funds do not cover.

• Freedom Concepts, Inc.

Founded in 1991 by Ken Vanstraelen, Freedom Concepts has been imagining, designing, and building a full line of special needs bicycles and mobility devices for over twenty years.

• Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF)

PATF’s mission is to provide financing opportunities to people with disabilities and older Pennsylvanians, helping them to acquire the assistive technology devices and services that improve the quality of their lives.

• Pennsylvania’s Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT)

PIAT strives to enhance the lives of all Pennsylvanians with disabilities, older Pennsylvanians, and their families through access to and acquisition of assistive technology devices and services, which allow for choice, control, and independence at home, work, school, play, and in their neighborhoods. PIAT leads the Commonwealth’s efforts to implement the provisions of the Federal Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended.

• Plum Enterprises, Inc.

Plum’s mission is to prolong and enhance the quality of your life. Plum leads the way in falls safety with patented protective wear, including innovative protective headgear, hip protectors, and extremity guards that keep little ones safe and adults independent.

• Prairie View Industries

Founded in 1991, Prairie View Industries’ mission is to help mobility-challenged people to lead more active, productive, and happier lives.

• Reused and Exchanged Equipment Partnership (Temple IOD)

REEP is a source for “previously-owned” assistive devices, usually available at a lower cost than buying new. These efforts help get used assistive technology devices, such as wheelchairs, walkers, commodes, amplified and text telephones, low-vision aids, lifts, portable ramps, augmentative communication devices and other devices out of attics and garages and into the hands of people with disabilities who need them.

• Wheelchair Getaways

Wheelchair Getaways was founded in 1988 in Pennsylvania by J. Edward Van Artsdalen who, with his Father and Grandfather, had many years of experience in the transportation industry. Mr. Van Artsdalen’s goal to make accessible van rental services available to as many persons as possible was realized in 1989 when he began a national franchise.

 

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