CHILDREN AT HOME is a program offering help to families caring for a child with a disability by providing financial assistance for items or services not covered by other programs. Contact an Intake and Referral Specialist with any questions as to whether an item/service is allowable. Examples include special adaptive devices, out-of-area travel exp...
Advocacy and services for persons with all types of disabilities including skills training, peer counseling, information and referral, and technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Blind Services works with individuals one-on-one to instruct persons who have lost--or are losing--their vision, on how to read Braille ...
CHI HEALTH AT HOME provides Home Medical Equipment to those who require home health care and need assistive equipment.
EQUIPMENT LOAN CLOSET offers items such as wheelchairs, walkers, tub handrails, crutches and other assistive equipment and items. After 30 days client must return item or contact the public health nurse if needed for a longer period of time.
Information and referral.
Client assistance grants provides limited financial assistance for adaptive equipment, removing barriers in the home, and provides scholarships for special programs.
Tech Tools, a developmental technology library, provides adapted toys and devices to people of all ages with individual and physical dis...
Loans out equipment including, wheel chairs, hospital beds, leg braces, communication devices, walkers, commodes, and more. For patients of MDA clinics only.
Assists low income individuals with a range of needs including mobility equipment, vehicle modifications, ramps and minor house modifications for accessibility, medical equipment and prostheses.
Provides eye glasses or hearing aids through the Lions Club to eligible applicants
Audiology offers services for all ages, including hearing aid evaluation and fitting, loaner hearing aids, assistive hearing devices for the telephone, television, and cell phone.
Ear, Nose, and Throat Institute offers ear, nose and throat diagnosis and treatment, audiologic evaluation, hearing aid dispensing, and cochlear implant-relate...
Acute care hospital.
Other services include Ear, Nose and Throat diagnosis and treatment, Loaner Hearing Aids, Audiology Services, Hearing Aid Dispensing, Cochlear Implant Center, Preschool for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Sign Language Class, Pediatrics.
EYE EXAMS AND GLASSES provided for needy adults. HEARING AIDS provided for needy adults. EYE DONOR CARDS LEADER DOG procurement CORNEA TRANSPLANTS at University of Iowa (IA City) EYE ASSISTANCE is for those not covered by insurance or other programs
Evaluation, sales, service, and rentals of wheelchair and handicap accessible vans and adaptive equipment products.
Free evaluation to assess needs for individuals or families.
Sells mini vans, full-size vans, mini buses, ramps, lifts and parts; rentals and service available.
Converts vans to wheelchair accessibilit...
Referrals for hearing loss issues and programs.
Sign language interpreter referral service. Maintains a statewide list of interpreters and promotes the training of interpreters.
Advocacy for deaf and hard of hearing individuals and assist in Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) issues to secure such services. Promotes awa...
Accommodates individuals with disabilities. Includes equipment loan for individuals with disabilities who are not residing in a care facility (wheelchairs for adults and children, walkers, shower bench, lift, hospital bed). Small fee applies. Also, provides an assistive technology lending library, exchange program and demonstration center.
Loans for Equipment or Devices needed to improve an individual's independence and quality of life. Examples include wheelchairs, scooters, Braille equipment, voice simulation systems, scanners, listening devices, telecommunication devices for the hard of hearing, augmentative communication systems, environmental control units, computers, and adapti...
Provides assistance in finding appropriate aides and modified equipment like magnifiers, talking clocks, etc.
Educational, daily living, assistive, and recreational products for vision impaired persons of all ages.
May provide for modifications to the home and/or vehicle that directly address a persons medical health or are necessary to provide for the medical needs, welfare and safety of the individual and to increase or maintain independence.
Free white cane available to any blind or low vision individual in the United States, regardless of ability to pay. Individuals may request a cane as often as every six months. The cane is a straight white fiberglass cane.
Free 4-line, 28 cell slate and a round or saddle stylus to any blind or low vision person needing one. Individuals can request a free slate and stylus once per year.
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