Education

IATP worked with the disability organization and sponsors to encourage the passing of Public Act 102-0841 which amends the school code by requiring local districts to provide parent's and guardians of students with IEPs informational materials about the Achievi

The Colorado Assistive Technology Act Program team has worked closely with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood on a new program, Project Include which began in 2021.This project expands on a previous program, Inclusion and Universal Design.

We have worked with the state's Take Me Home program.

We have worked closely with the cancer center to begin to link individuals receiving care to needed AT before, during, and after their treatments.

The Oregon AT Program is a SLATE (State Leaders of Assistive Technology in Education) member.

To reduce social isolation and loneliness, the Oregon AT Program partnered with the State Unit on Aging and ADRC offices throughout Oregon to provide technology and related services to seniors and individuals with disabilities.

ND Assistive and ND Protection and Advocacy met several times this year to collaborate on ways to help more people across the state obtain assistive technology. Although many topics involving assistive technology were discussed.

ND Assistive eliminated the Loan Library fees in October 2020, which continues to increase our short-term equipment loans. Due to this,   we do not have enough equipment to loan.

Our secondary transition conference for students with disabilities is a perfect example of one of our partnerships.