Additional Resources

Sophie Butler

Srdan Glisic

Keith Parsons

Pennsylvania Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT)
Programs and resources through PIAT which offer training, services, and assistance for people with disabilities.

Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Foundation (PATF)
Provides low-interest loans to people with disabilities and older adults so that they can buy the assistive technology devices and services they need.

Pennsylvania's Reused & Exchanged Equipment Partnership Online Classifieds Listing ("REEP Classifieds")
The REEP Classifieds is a free statewide service for people with disabilities, their families, friends, service providers, and other interested individuals who want to find, buy, sell, or donate previously owned assistive technology. Equipment in the REEP Classifieds includes stair glides, adapted vehicles, wheelchairs, vision aids, communication devices, and much more.

Into New Hands
Accepts and refurbishes equipment for reuse. Maintained by the Three Rivers Center for Independent Living. For details on donating or receiving equipment, call 800-633-4588, ext. 166 (voice), or email .

LIFT's Recycling Program
Accepts and refurbishes equipment for reuse. Maintained by Life and Independence for Today (LIFT). For more information, contact Dawn at 800-341-4538 (voice), 814-781-3050 (voice), 814-781-1917 (Fax/TTY),

Recycling Program, ROADS to Freedom Center for Independent Living of N. Central PA
Accepts and refurbishes equipment for reuse. For more information, contact Ray Pysher at 800-984-7492, 570-327-9070 (voice),

Liberty Wheels
Refurbishes and loans mobility devices (e.g. wheelchairs, walkers). Administered by Liberty Resources, Philadelphia's Center for Independent Living. For more information, call 215-634-2000 (voice), or email .

Widow's Mite
A faith-based program of Interfaith Specialty Services which accepts donations of devices and redistributes them to anyone in need in the greater Philadelphia region. For more information, email , call 215-324-2539 (voice).

Pass It On Center
A resource for individuals looking for assistive technology reuse programs nationwide.

Fundors:

Pennsylvania Initiative on Assistive Technology (PIAT)
PIAT is the Commonwealth’s Assistive Technology Act Program at The Institute on Disabilities, Temple University, and is funded through a grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education.

United Way of the Capital Region (UWCR)
United Way of the Capital Region identifies long-term and pressing community needs, finds solutions to address those needs, and provides results that demonstrate a change in the community.