North Carolina Assistive Technology Program
Disability Services And Support Organization
Why pick this one
North Carolina Assistive Technology Program provides statewide assistive technology support, including free device demonstrations and short-term loans through regional centers.
Best for
- Trying assistive technology before purchasing
- People with disabilities needing communication, computer access, low-vision, mobility, or daily-living devices
- Families seeking assistive technology for children
- Assistive technology support at home, work, school, or recreational locations
- Finding potential funding resources for assistive technology
- Professionals in healthcare, education, rehabilitation, social services, or other disability-related fields
Look elsewhere if
- People seeking general disability services unrelated to assistive technology
- People needing immediate emergency response
- People seeking permanent equipment without first using a demonstration, loan, reutilization, or funding-resource service
Specialties
- Assistive technology device demonstrations
- Short-term assistive technology device loans
- Augmentative and alternative communication
- Computer access technology
- Low-vision and assistive listening devices
- Mobility, seating, and positioning technology
- Environmental controls and daily-living aids
- Assistive technology assessments and training
What makes them different
- Statewide services for people of all ages and abilities
- Free device demonstrations and basic device information
- Short-term device loans allowing equipment trials at home, work, school, or recreational locations
- Two-week standard device loan period, with longer loans for toys and assistive technology for children from birth to age five
- Information on potential assistive technology funding resources and strategies
- Serves
- Raleigh, Sanford, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Greenville, Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount, Wilmington, Sylva, Morganton, Charlotte
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Contact & Location
- Address
- 3340 Jaeckle Dr, Wilmington, NC 28403-2649
- Phone
- 19107466843
- Website
- https://ncatp.org
Services
- Device demonstration
- Device loan
- Device reutilization
- Assistive technology training
- Technical assistance
- Assessments and consultations
- Workshops and seminars
- Assistive technology funding information
- Referral coordination
- Public awareness