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Accessing Assistive Technology

NEW - For independence, clients obtain necessary assistive technology (excerpted from our 2008 Annual Report)

Individual chapters; chapter summaries with translations

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 1 - Introduction & Overview Third Edition 2007, 12 pages, available in English (#5321.01 htm), English (#5321.01 pdf, Spanish (#5321.02 htm), Spanish (#5321.02 pdf), Chinese (#5321.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 2 - Advocacy Skills, Third Edition 2007, 18 pages, available in English (#5322.01 htm), English (#5322.01 pdf), Spanish (#5322.02 htm), Spanish (#5322.02 pdf), Chinese (#5322.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 3 - Private Health Benefit Plans, Third Edition August 2002, 15 pages, available in English (#5323.01 htm), English (5323.01 pdf).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 4 - Regional Centers, Third Edition 2007, 44 pages, available in English (#5324.01 htm), English (#5324.01 pdf), Spanish (#5324.02 htm), Spanish (#5324.02 pdf).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 5 - California Children's Services, Third Edition August 2002, 42 pages, available in English (#5325.01 htm), English (#5325.01 pdf).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 6 - Reasonable Accommodation in Employment, Third Edition 2007, 39 pages, available in English (#5326.01 htm), English (#5326.01 pdf), Chinese (PAI #5326.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 7 - Vocational Rehabilitation, Third Edition 32 pages, 2007, available in English (#5327.01 htm), English (#5327.01 pdf), Spanish (#5327.02 htm), Spanish (#5327.02 pdf), Chinese (#5327.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 8, Social Security Work Incentives, Third Edition 2007, 18 pages, available in English, (#5328.01 htm), English, (#5328.01 pdf), Spanish (#5328.02 htm), Spanish (#5328.02 pdf), Chinese (#5328.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 9, Special Education, Third Edition 2007, 30 pages, available in English, (#5329.01 htm), English, (#5329.01 pdf), Spanish (#5329.02 htm), Spanish (#5329.02 pdf), Chinese (#5329.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 10, Medi-Cal, Third Edition 2007, 41 pages, available in English (#5330.01 htm), English (#5330.01 pdf), Spanish (#5330.02 htm), Spanish (#5330.02 pdf), Chinese (#5330.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 11, Medicare, Third Edition 2007, 83 pages, available in English (#5331.01 htm), Spanish (5331.02 htm), Spanish (5331.02 pdf), Chinese (5331.04 pdf).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 12, Veterans Administration (VA), Third Edition 2007, 17 pages, available in English (#5332.01 htm), English (#5332.01 pdf), Spanish (#5332.02 htm), Spanish (#5332.02 pdf), Chinese, (#5332.04 pdf)

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 13, Public Programs, Third Edition 2007, 24 pages, available in English (#5333.01 htm), English (#5333.01 pdf), Spanish (#5333.02 htm), Spanish (#5333.02 pdf), Chinese (#5333.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 14, Right to Assistive Technology from Private Businesses, Third Edition 2007, 24 pages, available in English (#5334.01 htm), English (#5334.01 pdf), Spanish (#5334.02 htm), Spanish (#5334.02 pdf), Chinese (#5334.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 15, Rights to Assistive Technology in Higher Education, Third Edition 2007, available in English (#5335.01 htm), English (#5335.01 pdf), Spanish (#5335.02 htm), Spanish (#5335.02 pdf), Chinese (#5335.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 16, Protections of the Lemon Law for Buyers of Assistive Technology, Third Edition 2007, 16 pages, available in English (#5336.01 htm), English (#5336.01 pdf), Spanish (#5336.02 htm), Spanish (#5336.02 pdf), Chinese (#5336.04).

Accessing Assistive Technology: Chapter 17, Resource Guide, Third Edition 2007, 53 pages, available in English (#5337.01 htm), English (#5337.01 pdf), Spanish (#5337.02 htm), Spanish (#5337.02 pdf), Chinese (#5337.04).

VIDEO - Assistive Technology: An African American Perspective (May 2001, video with subtitles) available in English (PAI #5507.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy).

VIDEO - Assistive Technology and You, available in English and captioned (April 2000, PAI #5506.01, call 1-800-776-5746 for available languages and suggested donation; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy).

PAI Testimony presented before the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, March 4, 1998, by Mike Kluk. Testimony covered existing and future needs for assistive technology services and services for persons with disabilities.

Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities (TRAID Legislation, Labor 29 U.S.C. 2201-2288), 50 pages, available in English (PAI #5224.01; call 1-800-776-5746 or TTY: 800.719.5798 to order your copy).

Other publications: If these materials are not on line, you may order copies directly from the publisher by title, or from us by publication number. Again, we will appreciate your sending a donation so that we can continue our advocacy activities for people with disabilities - such as making these materials available.

E-ssential Guide - Assistive Technology, A Parents' Guide, 12/20/07, from greatschools, Involved Parents, Successful Kids

Supplemental Security Income and the Family Law Attorney: Using Creative Alimony, Child Support and Property Settlements to Maximize SSI, Medicaid and Create Funding for Assistive Technology – Available from National Assistive Technology Advocacy Project, Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., 295 Main Street, Room 495, Buffalo NY 14203, Tel: 716-847-0650, Fax: 716-847-1322, Web: http://www.nls.org.

Funding of Assistive Technology: The Public School's Special Education System as a Funding Source: The Cutting Edge (June 1999, 55 pages, English, PAI #5156.01) from Assistive Technology Funding & Systems Change Project, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, 1600 L Street N.W., Suite 700, Washington D.C. 20036, (voice) 1-800-872-5827, (fax) 202-776-0414, e-mail atproject@ucpa.org