Assistive Technology for All

Literature on access to assistive technology (AT), AT services, and AT funding, as well as literature on access to loans (i.e., mortgages and car loans) has indicated that people from minority populations tend to experience less access to and benefit from these programs. Given these trends, the question arises: To what extent does race affect access to AT through alternative financing programs? Using a national database of 10 participating states, the authors of this article explored the impact of race upon which persons apply for—and succeed in obtaining—alternative financing. The authors then provide an in-depth discussion of Pennsylvania's model outreach program designed to increase access to and use of alternative financing by members of the African American, Latino, and Southeast Asian communities in the commonwealth

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• Empowering low-income Black families of handicapped children

  Maya Kalyanpur, Shridevi S Rao et al.•American Journal of Orthopsychiatry•1991

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