Assistive Technology
Overview
Assistive Technology for Kansans (ATK) provides information, training and funding assistance related to technology for individuals with disabilities or health conditions that may include: amputation, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, muscular dystrophy, back pain, post-polio syndrome, cancer, respiratory problems, cardiac problems, spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, stroke, deafness and hearing impairments, traumatic brain injury, blindness or vision impairments, mental retardation.
Phone: (800) 526-3648
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Assistive Technology information is also available as a map.
Kansas Assistive Technology Cooperative
Kansas Assistive Technology Cooperative (KATCO) is a consumer run financial program founded to provide persons with disabilities and their families access to financial resources for acquiring assistive technology through education, savings and borrowing.
Phone: (866) 465-2826 or (620) 341-9002 V/TTY
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Kansas Equipment Exchange Program
Kansas Equipment Exchange (KEE) Program is designed to help more Kansans obtain affordable medical equipment. In cooperation with Medicaid and other agencies, wheelchairs, hospital beds, and other durable medical equipment (DME) that are no longer being used are returned to the program, refurbished, and made available for other Kansans to use. KEE also accepts donated equipment from individuals. For donations call (866) 666-1470.
Phone: (866) 526-3648
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AgrAbility
AgrAbility promotes the combination of agricultural know-how with disability expertise to provide farmers, ranchers, or farm workers with disabilities, the specialized services they need to safely accommodate their disabilities in everyday farm or ranch operations.
Phone: (800) 526-3648
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Regions
Across Kansas there are five regions, each having a regional center. The town the regional center is located in and the phone number are listed below along with the counties included in each region.
Region One, Western: Oakley, (785) 672-3125 (Voice and TTY). Counties served are Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Rooks, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Wichita.
Region Two, North Central: Salina, (785) 827-9383 or (785) 827-7051 V/TTY. Counties served are Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall, McPherson, Mitchell, Morris, Nemaha, Osborne, Ottawa, Pottawatomie, Republic, Riley, Russell, Saline, Smith, Wabaunsee, and Washington.
Region Three, Northeast: Lawrence, (785) 841-1067 Voice, (785) 841-1046 TTY. Counties served are Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Miami, Osage, Leavenworth, Shawnee, and Wyandotte.
Region Four, Southeast: Parsons, (620) 421-6551 (Voice) or (620) 421-0983 TTY. Counties served are Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Marion, Montgomery, Neosho, Woodson, Wilson.
Region Five, South Central: Wichita, (316) 942-5444 (Voice) or (316) 942-2117 TTY. Counties served are Barber, Barton, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Rush, Sedgwick, Stafford, Sumner.
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