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Exploring Assistive Technology
Services in Georgia
Liz Persaud and Ben Jacobs with contributions by Daphne Brookins, Carolyn Phillips, Martha Rust, and Rachel Wilson
Tools for Life
VNHS December 2014
www.gatfl.gatech.edu
Hope
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if
you just show up and try to do the right thing, the
dawn will come.
Anne Lamott
AMAC
AMAC Accessibility is a social
change organization on a
mission to create affordable
services for governmental,
private and non-profits
organization working with
individuals with disabilities.
Services include e-text, braille,
captioning, assistive technology,
office management software and
consulting.
Accessibility Made Smart
AMAC creates practical solutions that work, with a focus on utility, ease of use, and high
quality.
• Accessibility Consulting focuses on organizational accessibility needs with
evaluation, technical assistance, customer support, and website accessibility solutions.
• Braille Services produces customized projects from both print materials and electronic
text including partial books and chapters or graphics only using cutting-edge
technology.
• Captioning Services makes classrooms, meetings, labs and other audio
environments fully accessible for deaf or hard-of-hearing.
• Professional E-Text Producers provide high-quality e-text in many formats such as
PDF, DOC, DAISY, and HTML.
• Certified Assistive Technology team provides on-site and remote assessments,
demonstrations, training and technical assistance for education, work, and daily living
environments.
• For more information, please visit our website at www.amacusg.org
Tools for Life Mission
We’re here to help Georgians
with disabilities gain access to
and acquisition of assistive
technology devices and assistive
technology services so they can
live, learn, work, and play
independently in the
communities of their choice.
• TFL developed Georgia’s Plan for AT • We serve individuals of all ages & all disabilities in Georgia
• Over 50,000 thru various activities throughout the year
• TFL Network • Assistive Technology Resource Centers
• Lending Libraries
• Training and Demonstrations
• AT Reuse
• AT Funding Education/Assistance and Resources
• Online Resources • www.gatfl.gatech.edu - 5,000 unique visitors a month
Tools for Life
Georgia’s Federal AT Act Program
Join us for Upcoming Webinars
and Visit our Archives!
Tools for Life Online Professional Development
• Tools for Life offers online professional development to help you learn
more about assistive technology strategies and solutions as well as the
most recent information on AT devices and disability related issues and
trends.
• Webinar content and materials are developed and presented by one of
the Tools for Life team members along with other regional and national
leaders in the assistive technology community.
• TFL presents live webinars on the last Wednesday of every month from
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EST, unless otherwise noted.
To sign up for the TFL mailing list visit www.gatfl.gatech.edu
Tools for Life AT Demo Lab
• Tablets
• Vision Items
• DME
• Communication
• Games
• Software
• Switches
• Keyboards
Assistive Technology
Services
• Any service that directly assists an individual with a
disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive
technology device.
• Includes: – Evaluating
– Providing devices
– Selecting, Designing, Customizing
– Maintaining, Repairing
– Coordinating
– Training/Technical Assistance –student, family and school service providers
• Public Law 105-394 [29 USC 2201]
Multidisciplinary Evaluation
HATT/SETT Framework
• Identify human/student
needs
• Determine
activity/environmental
demands and resources
• Define the tasks that the
student must perform
• Recommend tools,
technology, or techniques
that will address needs SETT – Joy Zabala
QIAT/HATT – Cook & Hussey
Assistive Technology Device
...any item, piece of equipment or product that is used to increase,
maintain or improve functional capabilities of individuals with
disabilities. - Public Law 105-394 [29 USC 2201]
Low/No-tech
• pencil grip
• adapted books
• slant board
• highlighters, tape
• magnifiers
• color coding
• read to out loud
• picture schedule
• strategies for memory
• colored transparencies
• Proof readers
• note taker
Mid-Tech
• word prediction
• text to speech
• speech to text
• spell checkers
• talking calculators
• digital recorders
• organizers
• e-books
• adapted keyboard
• adapted mouse
• adapted toys
• CCTV
• apps under $100
High-Tech
• computer/laptops
• tablets/phablets
• smartphones,
• smart pens
• OCR scanner/software
• magnification software
• speech output devices
• switch, joystick access
• scanning access
• voice recognition
• environmental
control devices
• apps over $100
What is Assistive Technology?
Low Tech AT Devices
Low Tech Solutions
• Built up grips
– Variety
– Create your own using tennis balls
• Larger / thicker pencils
• Electronic Spellers
– Franklin Spellers
Low Tech Solutions for
Writing
Writing Solutions: – “The Penagain takes a novel ergonomic approach to ink
pen design. The body of the pen is shaped like a "Y"
creating a cradle for the index finger to rest in.”
http://ergonomics.about.com/od/buyingguide/fr/frpenagai
n.htm
– Wide barrel pens can make it easier for some people to
write due to their contoured shape. With a Fat Ergonomic
Pen there’s more surface area to grip which makes it
easier to write.
AnyBook Anywhere
• Use to record your voice reading
the story
• 200 hours of recording
• Works with any book
• Store recordings on a virtual library
• Share collections with friends
• $79.99
• www.franklin.com
Meal Solutions
Bendable Utensils
• easier to put food on
• easier to put food into
mouth
• do not have to twist
wrist
• build up eating area
Liftware Spoon
• Calibrates to tremors
from ataxia or other
neurological disabilities
• Machine washable
Poor Sitting Posture
• Inhibits blood flow
• Creates muscle shortening
• Stresses back muscles and compresses spine
• Can inhibit learning
• Compresses diaphragm
– Affects breathing
– Voice quality
Tilt Tables/Desks
• Positioning materials
improve visual access
• Promote upright trunk
posture
• Improve head posture
Desktopdesk.com; $375
Heated Mouse
• Warms hands
• Good for someone with
arthritis or MS
• High/ low/ off for heat
• Low voltage; safe for
computer use
LED Handheld Magnifier
• Handheld
• LED light provides
natural bright lights
• Easy storage
• Reading
• Sewing
Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard
• Wireless control
• Low-profile keys
• Range of up to 33 ft
• 3.5 inch multi-touch/gesture
touchpad
Dragon NaturallySpeaking
• Speech recognition
software
• Control your computer
with your voice
• Works fast, 99%
accuracy
• Dictate documents
• Search the web
• Precise and quick
training
Automatic Feeder
• Mealtime Partner
• Different mounts
• Battery operated
• Bowl tops controls amount
of food
• Control Pause time
between spoonful
• Adjustability of the spoon
TOBII Eye Mobile
• Hands free access to
Windows 8 Tablets
• Navigate, communicate,
play using your eyes
• Supports Switch and
Touch Inputs
• Small and Lightweight
VGo Telepresence Robot
• Enables a person to
replicate themself in a
distant location and
have the freedom to
move around as if
they were physically
there.
• Reduces travel costs
• School
• Hospital
• Work Remotely
Kubi
• Dock your tablet for
remote pan and tilt
controls
• See and interact with
people during a
conference call
• Use any Video Client:
Skype, FaceTime,
Google Hangout, etc.
• Cloud Control
Environmental Controls
http://getvera.com/controllers/veralite/
User Interfaces
Vera gateways can be controlled with a number of
different interfaces.
• First Party Software
– PC
– MAC
– Smartphone App
• Third Party Software
– Smartphone Apps
– TASKER! (Android only)
Tasker
Tasker is a phone automation application that allows you to
really unleash your android device’s capabilities.
Tasker in a nutshell is a program that tells your device “When
this happens, do this!”
• “When something is plugged into the headphone jack, open
my music app”
• “When I open the navigation app, turn GPS on”
• “When my phone is connected to this cell tower, turn on wifi
and connect to my home wifi”
More on Tasker
Plugins for Tasker allow you to access other
features of your phone and interface with other
internet connected devices.
• Autovoice – Allows you to set up custom voice
commands and turn always listening on
• Autocast – Enables you to control a Chromecast
device on your TV
• Autovera – Interfaces with your Vera gateway
Google Glass
• Wearable Technology
• Bluetooth Connection
• Navigate
• Make a Call
• Send a Message
• Take a Picture or Video
• Get the News
• Search
• Google Play Music
• Google Now
• Be Social
• Internal Compass
• $1500
The Future of this OS is
Limitless
• Google has the futuristic ambition and the funds
to take Android to unprecedented heights. In
many areas, such as predicting what users will
do next.
• Google Now knows that in the morning you’re
getting ready for work and will tell you about the
traffic.
Apple iPad/ mini iPad
Multi- touch screen
New iOS 7
Millions of apps
Surf web
iTunes
Videos
Organization
Accessibility
Books
Photos
Speakers
New iPad had 5.0 megapixel camera
Starts at $499/$399 and mini $329
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3
• Android System
• 7, 8, or 10 in screen
• Camera
• Micro card
• Wi-Fi
• USB for computer
• Some built-in
accessibility app
– Download others
• Starts at $199.99
Surface Pro 3
• Pro
– 30 day trial of MS
Office
– Ability to download
software
• Open 3 Windows
• Tiles
– Start screen
TFL AppFinder
Search by:
App Name
Categories – Book
– Education
– Environmental Adaptations
– Hearing
– Cognition, Learning,
Developmental
– Navigation
– Personal Care and Safety
– Productivity
– Communication
– Therapeutic Aids
– Vision
Umano
• News read to you by
real people
• Make a playlist of
articles
• Download to listen to
offline
• Upgrade to premium
for $3.99/ month
• Free
BARD Mobile
• Access directly to the National
Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
(NLS)
• Must be registered
• Can use with braille display
• http://www.loc.gov/nls/find.html
• Free
USA Today
• Current Events in order
• Breaking News Alerts
• Videos
• Photos and Text
• Pick Favorite Interests
• Free
SkyGrid
• Personalize news
events by categories
• Simple interface
• Free
• www.skygrid.com
Cozi
• Free
• You can access from a computer, smartphone or tablet
• Manage a family calendar and set reminders. – Add an appointment and it uploads to your Cozi account so everyone can see it.
• Get your grocery shopping lists when you're at the store, even when offline.
• Add a to do list item right when you think of it and have it right there in your
pocket to remind yourself.
• Jot down a memory as it happens in the journal. – Add a photo from your library to capture the moment.
• Add and edit non-repeating calendar appointments, shopping lists, and to
do lists while offline.
Grocery IQ
• Pictorial shopping list
• Customize different lists for
different users using pictures
on camera roll
• Add your own items and
categories
• Assign item prices
• Assign item locations (for
example, aisle numbers)
• Several accessibility options
– text-to-speech
– uses large easy-to-see images
– item prices automatically totaled
• $4.99
Picture Scheduler
• Create visual tasks with
attached audio, video or
picture
• Tasks can have alarms
• Alarms can be repeated
daily, weekly, monthly or
you can select specific
weekdays
• Tasks can be organized
into categories with a
picture
• Can hide task and reveal
later
MyMedSchedule
• Keep track of medication
• Reminders
• Refill Reminders
• Healthcare Provider
Profiles
• Insurance Information
• Allergies
• Works across Platforms
• Free
• www.mymedschedule.com
Key Ring
• One Place to store all
reward cards
• Organized
• Android & Apple version
• www.keyringapp.com
• Free!
Sleep Cycle
• Tracks your sleep patterns
• Uses iPhone
accelerometer to track
how often you move at
night
• Set an alarm range
• Woken up gradually when
you are in like sleep
• Feel refreshed and
energized
• $2.99
Speak it!
• Copy emails,
documents, web
pages, PDF files, and
more; paste them into
Speak it!, and have the
text spoken back to
you.
• Email text to speech
files
• Endless phrases and
possible uses
• $1.99
http://www.proloquo2go.com/resources/article/introductory-videos
Proloquo2go
TouchChat
• Designed for individuals with
Autism, Down Syndrome, ALS,
apraxia, stroke, or other
conditions that affect a
person's ability to use natural
speech
• Able to import your own
pictures or take pictures
• Works on Apple and Android
systems
• Over 10,000 symbols included
• Create videos
• $149
Dragon Dictation
Voice Recognition
Free
Dictate notes, emails,
Twitter, and Facebook
Supports many
languages
Cut, Copy, Paste
Android
Dragon Go!
Dragon Hands Free
Assistant
EyeNote
• Uses built in camera
to scan dollar bills
• Speaks out loud
– Distinguished btw front
and back of bill
• Free
• Supports English and
Spanish
• Privacy mode
– Pulses or beeps
BrailleTouch
• Prototype app for touchscreen mobile devices
• FREE Open Source app
• 32 words per minute with 92% accuracy with the prototype app for the iPhone
• Use of the six-key configuration so that the keyboard fits on the screen and users keep their fingers in a relatively fixed position while texting
• GA Tech Researchers
• Type with screen facing away
• Braille like typing
ZoomReader
• OCR app
• Ai Squared
• Read back in a
natural voice
• Customizable
highlight colors,
synthesizer, text size
and speech rate
• Low vision users
• $19.99
• ZoomReader
Favorite Navigation Apps
Around Me
Identifies where you
are
Lists what is around
you
View route to place
from where you are
Add information to
contact list
Talk and Drive Waze
Operate your map
applications simply by
talking
Launch the application,
say your destination
Breathe2Relax
• Portable stress
management tool
• Detailed information on
the effects of stress on
the body
• Instructions and practice
exercises to learn the
stress management skill
called diaphragmatic
breathing
iZen Garden
• Choose from 100s of
objects, plants and
creatures to place in your
garden
• Rake the sand and share
your creations
• Helps you to center your
mind, relax your psyche
and relieve your stress
The Need for Alternative Funding
• Funding is the greatest barrier for individuals with disabilities to acquire assistive technology
• Third party funding sources are not increasing and their eligibility criteria are narrowing
• Traditional credit financing for assistive technology has not been available for individuals with disabilities
What to do when someone needs AT?
• Many agencies are “payers of last resort”
• Develop an AT Funding Plan
• Determine which equipment is needed as a
medical necessity, which is needed for
educational purposes, which is needed to reach
vocational goals, etc.
• There is no agency that can pay for all AT.
• Leverage and toggle all resources!
Friends of Disabled Adults and Children
FODAC
• With a strong network of volunteers and partners, FODAC
provides refurbished equipment and services for disabled adults and children to improve their overall quality of life.
• FODAC provide free or low-cost wheelchairs and other durable medical equipment, vehicle and home adaptations and more.
• FODAC’s programs include:
• Durable Medical Equipment – wheelchairs and mobility aids
• Ramps for Champs – home access ramps and modifications
• ReMount – wheelchair and scooter lifts for vehicles
• Disposable medical equipment – catheters, braces, liquid nutrition, etc.
• www.fodac.org
Dollars & Sense
• Web-based Funding Guide
• A resource for locating funding sources for AT devices
and services.
• This guide was developed to make the funding process
easier and to assist consumers in getting the assistive
technology they need.
• New resources added frequently!
We Need Your Feedback!
• We are actively working on updating Dollars &
Sense
• What would you like to see in this funding guide?
• What can we do to improve this important tool?
gTRADE
• FREE resource for finding and exchanging assistive technology (AT) devices online
• Place an ad requesting items for sale, donation, or needed
• gTRADE encourages members to offer AT devices and information for sale or by donation to others who may benefit from using technology and equipment no longer in need by others
• www.gtradeonline.org
Credit-Able Program Criteria
To receive a Credit-Able Loan you must be:
• A resident of Georgia
AND
• An individual with a disability OR
• A family member or legal guardian of an individual with a disability
OR
• An employer of an individual with a disability
• Able to pay back the loan
• Using the loan to buy assistive technology equipment and services
Range of Loans, Terms, and
Interest Rates
• Range of Loans Approved: $250 to $55,000
• Length of Loans Approved: 6 months to 8 Yrs
• Interest Rates: 5.0 % - 9 %
The Bottom Line: YOU Save Money!
Traditional Financing
• $2,000
• 22% (rate of average credit
card)
• 3 year term
• Monthly payment = $76.38
• Total interest paid = $749.71
Credit-Able Financing • $2,000
• 5.4%
• 3 year term
• Monthly payment = $60.30
• Total interest paid = $170.86
Total interest saved: $578.85
Medicaid and AT Funding
Resources
Naomi Walker, J.D.
Special Counsel for Assistive Technology
Georgia Advocacy Office
150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 430
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 885-1234
(800) 537-2329
www.thegao.org
Telecommunications Equipment
Distribution Program
Provides a variety of specialized telecommunications equipment
to qualified applicants who have difficulty using a standard
phone for FREE.
Eligibility:
• Meet income eligibility requirements for your household size
• Be certified by a healthcare professional as deaf, hard of
hearing, deaf-blind or speech disabled.
• Have phone service in your home.
• Be a resident of that state and at least five years old.
• www.tedp.org
GATEDP operated by GACHI
4151 Memorial Drive #121-C
Decatur, Georgia 30032
404-297-9461 V/TTY
888-297-9461 V/TTY
www.gachi.org/gatedp
Georgia Lions Lighthouse:
Eyeglasses and Exams
• The Lions Lighthouse has a mobile clinic that visits 23
sites throughout Georgia. At each clinic, qualifying
individuals can receive eye exams and glasses.
• Full dilated eye exam (performed by either an
ophthalmologist or optometrist).
• One pair of eyeglasses every 3 years.
• Follow-up care for chronic eye conditions
Georgia Lions Lighthouse:
Hearing Program
• The Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation provides
hearing aid assistance for low-income Georgia residents.
• Up to 2 digital hearing aids from Unitron or Beltone
• A 3 year service warranty on the aids
• One set of ear molds
• 4 appointments to an approved Lighthouse provider
Brain & Spinal Injury Trust Fund
Commission
• Direct grant to Georgians with traumatic brain and spinal injuries
• For home mods, transportation, computers, personal support services, and recreation
• Use to “buy down” the purchase price of these items, then finance the rest at affordable Credit-Able rates!
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund
Commission
2 Peachtree St NW
Suite 26-426
Atlanta, GA 30303
404-651-5112
888-233-5760
www.bsitf.state.ga.us
Friends Of Man
• 100% donations, providing food, clothing, medicine, DME, AT, eyeglasses, hearing aids and prosthetics. No dental coverage outside of Colorado per residency requirements.
• Referrals must come through a professional.
• www.friendsofman.org
Joni and Friends
Christian Fund for the Disabled
• Funds for AT, rehabilitation, special treatment, educational opportunities
• $2,500 limit
• www.joniandfriends.org
Texas Center for the Visually
Challenged
• A computer refurbishing program averaging of 350-400 pc's per year with grand total of 3500 distributed to date.
• Individuals can apply from the US and Canada; www.handicapability.org
GiveTech
• A non-profit organization based in San
Francisco, CA that gives computer input devices to individuals who can not input in traditional ways on computers.
• www.givetech.org
Starkey Hearing Foundation
• Hear Now is Starkey Hearing Foundation's
domestic, application-based program committed
to assisting those permanently residing in the
U.S. who are deaf or hard of hearing and have
no other resources to acquire hearing aids.
www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org
Contact
Carolyn Phillips
Director, Tools for Life
Daphne Brookins
AT Funding & Resource Specialist
Ben Jacobs
Accommodations Specialist
Disclaimer
This presentation is produced by Tools for Life which is a result of the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as amended in 2004. It is a program
of the Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Architecture [COA], AMAC and is funded by grant #H224C030009 of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA), Department of Education. The contents of this presentation were developed under a grant from the
Department of Education. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, Georgia Tech,
COA or AMAC and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal government.
Liz Persaud
Training, Outreach and Development
Coordinator
Martha Rust
AT Specialist
Rachel Wilson
Tech Match Specialist