Assistive Technology Advocacy Project

It is any device or piece of equipment used to maintain or improve a person with a disability's functional capabilities. AT should be interpreted broadly to include:

The AT Advocacy Project Provides A Range of Services

• Representation of individual clients where case outcome may have a significant impact beyond one individual
• Bank of attorneys for client referrals
• Statewide clearinghouse for information, regulations and resources needed to advocate for AT
• A bank of pleadings, briefs, court papers
• Technical assistance to callers statewide ranging from brief advice to extensive consultation on how best to present a case at a hearing or court appeal
• Publisher of the newsletter titled IMPACT to "get out the word" on AT

How You Can Help The AT Advocacy Project

• Tell others about us
• Get on the IMPACT mailing list
• Collect IMPACT issues for future reference
• Tell us about changes in law, regulation or policy which affects AT funding
• If you are an attorney - Agree to accept referrals in your area of the state
• Send us your hearing decisions, court decisions, pleadings, briefs and other relevant documents

• Medicaid
  
• Medicare
  
• VESID & the Commission for the Blind
  
• Physically Handicapped Children's Program
  
• SSI's Plan for Achieving Self Support (PASS)
  
• Private Insurance
  
• Veteran's Administration Benefits
  
• Special Education
  
• Charities & other Funding Sources
  
  

To get on the IMPACT mailing list send your name, address and phone number to:

Supported by:
NYS Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabililies TRAID Project, a project funded by The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research U.S. Department of Education