Michigan's Assistive Technology Program
Assistive Technology Connections
Volume 7, Number 1, January 2006
In This Issue:
Calendar:
- January 3-February 28-- Cannonsburg Challenged Ski Association One-on-One
Free Private Help for Eight Weeks! Visit www.skiccsa.org for more
information.
- Assistive Technology Industry Association January 18-21, 2006 Caribe
Royale All-Suites Resort & Convention Center Orlando, Florida. Visit
http://www.atia.org/conf_2006.html .
- Starting January 9: Assistive Computer Technology on a Shoestring: The
EASI Way. On-line course. Visit http://easi.cc/workshops/ltech.htm .
- Starting January 9: Designing Accessible Course Content Using Familiar
Software On-line course. Visit http://easi.cc/workshops/dacc.htm .
Mark your calendars!
- March 25 2006 Walk-N-Roll sponsored by CACIL, MACIL, MDRC, and SILC, 1:00-3:30 p.m. Holt High School Gymnasium Contact Trisha at 517-371-4872 or email trisha@misilc.org
- April 28-29 Michigan Hear Here 2006 Conference and Expo Crowne Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids Contact 517-487-2583.
Michigan Assistive Technology and Telework Loan Funds:
Michigan's AT Loan Fund provides low-interest loans to qualified people with disabilities so they can purchase AT devices and services. The Michigan Telework Loan Fund which provides loans for the purchase of equipment for people with disabilities to work at home or operate home businesses. Michigan Disability Rights Coalition partners with United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) Michigan and the Financial Health Credit Union to operate these programs.
Over the past fiscal year, 161 loan applications were received. Of these, 60 were approved and taken, 5 were approved but not taken out, and 82 were denied, 5 of the applications were incomplete and 9 were for items which did not qualify (not AT, mostly non-modified vehicles). For the loans approved, the following device purchases were included: 6 hearing aids, 4 home modifications, 3 ramps, 6 scooters, 3 stair lifts, 1 augmentative communication device, 7 computers, 1 denture, 1 CCTV, 1 pair eye glasses, 18 modified vehicles.
As part of the application process, people can choose to receive assistance exploring other AT Funding resources. Application sites are located throughout the state and on the web. For more information please visit: http://www.michiganloanfunds.org/ .
Other Assistive Technology Funding Resources:
"Funding Of Assistive Technology To Make Work A Reality: Funding for Work-Related Assistive Technology Through Special Education Programs, State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies, Medicaid, Medicare and SSI's Plan for Achieving Self Support." National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project of Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc. September 2004 http://www.nls.org/Work%20&%20AT.htm .
The Children with Special Needs Fund provides services and equipment to children with special health care needs that no other resource - including state or federal programs - provides. The Fund was created in 1944 with a large bequest of Dow Chemical stock by Dr. and Mrs. James Pardee. The Fund is administered through the Michigan Department of Community Health. http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2942_4911_4917-56806--,00.html .
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