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Adaptive and Medical Equipment / Assistive Technology
Offer a full range of medical products including oxygen services, orthotic fittings, diabetic supplies and footwear, respiratory care, and mobility products.
Provides a network where people with disabilities and their loved ones can effortlessly research, compare, locate and obtain mobility and assistive products, thereby helping them to lead more independent lives.
Sell and service quality accessibility equipment for residential and commercial use. Residential and Lu-La elevators, platform lifts, stairlifts, dumbwaiters, and door operators.
Rehabilitation equipment company specializing in customized power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, power scooters, and seating and positioning products.
Producer and supplier of Hand-EEETM, a wrist band that easily slides over your hand or foot and tightens securely with Velcro. Conveniently holds bank cards, cash, drivers license, keys, etc. $15.00 retail, bulk at wholesale.
Assist individuals with disabilities to select, acquire and use assistive technology to succeed in the workplace and live independently. Also assist eligible persons with physical, mental or emotional disabilities to get job training and placement and refer to appropriate programs.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Inter-Generational Center 1414 Spring Street Silver Spring, MD 20910 E-mail: gjones@eseals.org
301-588-8700 (V)
Assistive technology assessment and training, computer access, job accommodations and student support, home modification and equipment evaluations and training, and augmentative and alternative communication evaluations and training.
Creator and distributor of the Up n' Go, a partial weight bearing system. The support provided to the user supplements the strength that the user has in their lower extremities. This lifting support can enable users who might otherwise be unable to stand and walk.
Pocketsize Nokia N82 cell phone Reader enables users to take pictures of and read most printed materials at the push of a button. Users who are blind can hear the contents of the document read in clear synthetic speech, while users who can see the screen and those with learning disabilities can enlarge, read, track, and highlight printed materials using the phone's large and easy-to-read display. Users will have access to all of the functions featured in the most advanced cell phones such as video and music playback, GPS, wireless communications, photography, e-mail, text messaging, calendar and task functions, and more. Users can transfer files to computers and Braille notetakers.
Department of Information Technology Telecommunications Access of Maryland Brenda Kelly-Frey, Director 301 West Preston Street, Suite 1008A Baltimore, MD 21201 E-mail: frey@dbm.state.md.us E-mail: moreinfo@mdrelay.org
Provide free service to call TTY users. Distribute free amplified phones, ring signalers, TTYs, and other assistive devices to qualified applicants who have difficulty using the telephone. Applications available on-line.
Program to obtain loans to purchase assistive technology – any item needed to live, work or learn more independently. Assistive technology includes low-tech aids for daily living, vehicles with wheelchair lifts, special keyboards and software to operate computers, blindness and low vision aids, assistive listening devices, adapted telephones, ramps, and other home modifications, wheelchairs and scooters, and many other products. Contact the program to get an application.
Provide healthcare professionals and their patients with the most technologically advanced prosthetic and orthotic care. Pre-surgical consultations with patients and their physicians extended office hours, 24-hour on call, clinic participation and home visits.
Specializing in designing and constructing easy living solutions for families with disabilities and seniors for over 20 years. They install grab bars, ramps, lifts, additions, and bedroom, bathroom and kitchen modifications.
Sell and rent scooters, wheelchairs, ramps, vehicle lifts, porch lifts, walkers, and bathroom modifications. Also buy and sell used/demo equipment and accept trade-ins for people on limited budgets.
NFB will provide a free cane to anyone in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or Puero Rico who is blind or has low vision and who uses or desires to use a white cane in order to travel independently. Individuals may only request one free cane in any 6-month period. Applications are available online.
Maintain a national database of reutilized assistive technology available for free, loan or purchase.
Personal Companion
3106 Pinkney Road Baltimore, MD 21215
410-812-9394 (V)
Two way voice emergency response systems that offer both safety and peace of mind for the customer and their family. To be worn as a pendant or wrist band that is waterproof.
For victims of Alzheimer's, Autism and related disorders. The program is offered entirely free of cost to the caretakers and participants. Frequent wanderers wear a bracelet that has a tiny VHF transmitter which emits a signal every second.
Services the disability community in the Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC area. Specializes in the field of wheelchair accessible modular and portable ramps and a wheelchair accessible foldaway portable shower. Call for information and a free demonstration.
Provide hardware and software solutions for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, who are blind or have low vision, and have mobility or cognitive impairments. Products include TTY modems, screen enlargers and readers, Braille displays and printers, ergonomic pointing devices, mice and keyboards, and speech-to-text solutions. Also provide assessments, evaluations, and interpreting services.
Hours of operation: 2:00pm - 8:00pm. Collect new, used and broken wheelchairs, stair lifts, crutches and other home medical equipment. Loan medical equipment to low-income and insured persons. Provide advice and referral.
Seniors
