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Community and Internet Resources


Adaptive Technology: Health and Care

NHU is neither endorsing or guaranteeing the products or companies listed here. Please analyze your unique circumstance and use your best judgement in selecting companies and products for personal use.


Listed here you may find Medical, Health, Home and Personal Care Assistive Technology.

National

Abilitations is a company based in Atalanta, Georgia whose focus is serving the needs of individuals with special needs. They accomplish this in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, their catalog of products, FAQ and Thera-Talk. They provide a variety of products that focus on movement, positioning, sensorimotor, exercise, aquatics and play. For more information see this website. You can order on-line, by e-mail, by fax or mail to Abilitations, One Sportime Way, Atlanta, GA, 30340, or call (800)850-8602.

Boston Foundation for Sight develops technologies to solve blindness and vision problems caused by corneal disease and ocular surface disease. They intend to expand the sight-restoring function of our lenses and make them available to all who can benefit from their use. Dr. Perry Rosenthal of Harvard Medical School, Boston has created the Boston Scleral Lens. This new large lens covers over the white of the eye and has restored 80 percent of candidates' with corneal disease vision. For more information on this exciting new technology see this website. Please send referrals, donations and inquiries to: The Boston Foundation for Sigh, 1244 Boylston Street, Suite 202, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467-2115 or call (617)735-9330.

Disability and Medical Resource Mall provides information on products, resources and services available for individuals with disabilities. There are over 100 companies listed providing products for people with disabilities including many medical products. With hundreds of thousands of medical product Web sites, finding the right product for home health care can be very challenging. This Consumer MedMarket Directory targets the latest and highest quality medical products and services for the home health market.

Maddak Inc. Ableware designs and manufactures assistive devices for many home and personal care activities. Find products here for the bathroom, bedroom, dressing and grooming, personal hygiene, kitchen and household, food preparation, reaching aids and more.

Medmall Online provides a general product catalog for all individuals with disabilities. These products include mobility products, pain therapy, personal and care products, home safety products and more. Based in Wilmington, NC you can place your order over the phone by calling 1(800)593-5556 or e-mail at info@medmallonline.com.

Specially For YOU is a company that designs and manufactures adaptive clothing for the special needs of the physically challenged. Products include dresses, shirts, blouses, pants, slacks, nigh apparel, undergarments, hooded ponchos, children's clothing and more.

Sunrise Medical has a products database and markets medical products and assistive technology devices for people with disabilities. You can locate a dealer nearest you by visiting this website.


Wisconsin

Access Ability: Home Medical is a leading supplier of home medical products to those with specific needs in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin metropolitan area. Durable Medical Equipment (DME) refers to devices whose main function is to help individuals with disabilities in their basic daily life needs, including but not limited to hygiene, bodily functions, accessibility and other similar activities, for example: wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, canes, commodes, etc. Access Ability has two showroom locations, offers used equipment and offers free in-home evaluations. Visit their new showroom location near the Mitchell Field Airport off of College Avenue at 1995 East Norse Avenue, in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Their experienced staff can help manage all types of insurance paperwork for you. Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance are accepted on most items. Contact Access Ability directly at (414)486-6249 or via e-mail Access Ability at sales@AccessAbilityaides.com.


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