The Bluegrass Technology Center

The Bluegrass Technology Center Inc. is a consumer driven, non profit, grassroots organization assisting individuals who have disabilities, their families, and service providers in ?connecting with various technologies and services that provide the gateway to greater independence, productivity, and quality of life. The link to the Bluegrass Technology center can be found here. This site is one of my personal favorites.

Assitive Technology Resource Center

The Assistive Technology Resource Center is one of four assistive technology providers in Kentucky approved for First Steps equipment rentals and loans, purchasing of assistive technology, and providing individualized services. The others are located in Owensboro, Louisville and Lexington. The lending libraries were established to provide short-term loans of assistive technology. Extended loans may be provided depending upon the policies of the lending library and equipment availability. The link to the Assistive Technology Resource Center can be found here.

The Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation

The Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation (KATLC) offers low interest loans for qualified applicants with disabilities who need assistive technology. Working with its lending partner, Fifth Third Bank of Kentucky, KATLC can provide loans for modified vehicles, hearing aids, adapted computers, mobility devices, augmentative communication devices or any other type of equipment or home modification that will improve the quality of life or increase the independence of Kentuckians with disabilities. Established by state statute in 1996, KATLC is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors, four of whom must have disabilities, that reviews all applications. KATLC made its first loan in the summer of 2000 and now has provided more than $4 million in loans to Kentuckians with disabilities to enable them to get the assistive technology they need, making it one of the most active assistive technology alternative financing programs in the nation. The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation currently provides the staff support to the Board and KATLC. The link to KATLC can be found here.

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Kentucky Assistive Technology Act Program

The KATS Network, the Kentucky Assistive Technology Act Program, serves Kentucky residents of all ages with disabilities of all types, their families, employers and employment service providers, educators, health care and social service providers, and others seeking information about assistive technology (AT) and accessible information technology. The KATS network can be reached at this link.

Infomration from the Louisville Free Public Library

The Louisville Free Public Library provides a pretty decent list of resources at the follow link.

AT resources in Louisville

I have created this blog to assist individuals in finding assitive technology resources in the Louisville metro area. I will update the site with additional information as additional AT resources are discovered. Please feel free to add information that you know about, if the resource is not already listed.