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Assistive Technology and Aids for Daily Living Resources

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Aug 20, 2025

Assistive Technology

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To maintain and enhance a strong, effective, and efficient national network of Statewide Assistive Technology Programs, which enables individuals with disabilities, service providers and others to learn about, access, and acquire assistive technology (AT) needed for education, employment, and community living.

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The Chicago Lighthouse is the leading provider of low vision services for the Chicagoland area. 

Phone: 312.666.1331

Assistive Technology Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频
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Phone:312.238.2988


Closing The Gap provides information on assistive technology products, procedures, and best practices

Phone: 507.248.3294


IATP's assistive technology demonstration center is located at our main office in Springfield, Illinois.  The Demonstration Center includes eight rooms filled with assistive devices.  Visit IATP’s Demonstration Center for a guided tour of each room or try out devices in an area of interest. You can also contact them to loan equipment, or get financial assistance with other equipment.

1020 South Spring Street 
Springfield, IL 62704     
Phone: 217.522.7985


Provides support for individuals with disabilities and older persons in their personal selection of assistive technology to live, work, and play in their communities.

Phone: 800.432.8324


The assistive technology program of UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago. The program leverages the power of technology to advance independence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities.

7550 West 183rd Street
Tinley Park, Illinois 60477
Phone: 708.444.8460


NLS is a free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page. Services and special reading equipment for persons who have low vision or who are blind are available through an application process. People are eligible for this service if they are unable to read standard printed material either because they are blind or have physical handicaps that make it difficult to handle books. After the application request is approved, the individual may be able to borrow a wide variety of items.



Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is an organization devoted to the standards and promoting research and education.

Phone: 202.367.1121


The Mobility Queen is dedicated to empowering the disabled community (aka, the Exceptionally Able), with a special focus on those facing mobility challenges. She emphasizes the interconnectedness of individuals with disabilities, their caregivers, and families, highlighting the need for awareness, support, and advocacy. Through a blend of personal insights and professional expertise in product development, the founder seeks to improve lives by offering practical advice, top-quality accessible products, and advocacy. The mission is to pay forward compassion, helping both those with disabilities and their supporters lead more empowered lives.


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Personal and household aids for adaptive living.
Phone: 973.628.7800



Clinical and personal, rehab, ADLs, PT, OT, orthotics, braces.
Phone: 800.225.2610


Broadened Horizons provides a variety of products for wheelchair users with upper extremity limitations. Products have been tested by Mark Felling, President, a C5 quadriplegic paralyzed from the armpits down. The products include clothing, power interfaces for wheelchairs and scooters, voice and switch controlled phone systems, systems for transferring a person between locations, computer accessibility, and environmental control switches.

Phone:855.BROADEN 
Phone: 855.276.2336



iPad mountings, cases, accessories, and apps.
Phone: 800.RJCooper


This website documents the ingenuity and creativity that caregivers and disabled people, including those with chronic illnesses, use every day to make home accessible. 


Assistive technology, ergonomic and special education products

Phone: 866.606.8551


Tools to help you take care of your furry friends.

Phone: 800.995.6327 


Mounting systems for phones, tablets, and beyond.

Phone: 630.922.5005


Mounting Systems for Wheelchair, floor, and tables

No phone number listed


Suppliers for clinical and personal use, PT, OT, Rehab, massage therapy, chiropractic
800-821-9319

Software and Communication


Visit to learn more about solutions for communication, switch access, iPad and computer access, curriculum designed for students with disabilities, and iPad-based communication device funding
Phone: 800.322.0956


Assistive technology for AAC (augmentative & alternative communication) including communication apps and software, SGD (speech generating devices) and eye gaze/eye tracking/eye tracker computer access for people with disabilities and special needs.

Phone: 800.344.1778


Producer of electronic communication aids, environmental controls, switches and other assistive technology for individuals with special needs.

Phone:800.723.2783


Augmentative communication devices

Phone: 419.589.7688


Major educational supplier of assistive technology products
 
Phone: 704.243.3622


Assistive technology for computer and mobile devices


Augmentative and alternative communication devices

Phone: 800.262.1984

Hardware and software for Communication, environmental, computer, and interactive learning devices.

Phone:844.341.7386

Low Vision and Hearing


A nonprofit organization creating educational, workplace, and independent living products and services for people who are visually impaired

Phone: 800.223.1839


Low vision aids for macular degeneration

Phone: 800.722.3393


Healthcare, mobility, hearing, vision, and daily living aids, as well as assistive technology products for sale to help you live a better life.
Phone: 800.537.2118


One source for thousands of products specifically designed to assist the blind, visually impaired, dear, hard-of hearing, seniors, mobility challenged, and home health care while promoting a healthy, active and independent lifestyle.
 
Phone: 800.522.6294

This content is for informational purposes only and may not be comprehensive. Information contained does not imply an endorsement from Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频, and does not replace the advice of a qualified healthcare professional.  See here  for further details.
? Shirley Ryan 星空传媒视频 (formerly Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago)
Henry B. Betts LIFE Center – (312) 238-5433

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