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Working Together to Help Make the Lives of Missourians Living With Physical Disabilities "More Better"
MO BETTER COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Following is a list of businesses, nonprofit organizations, institutions and groups that may provide services, products or advice to assist those living with physical disabilities. These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. MO Better Foundation bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links. Contact the external site for answers to questions regarding its content.
Missouri Assistive Technology strives to increase access to assistive technology for Missourians with all types of disabilities, of all ages.
Paraquad is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower people with disabilities to increase their independence through choice and opportunity. Paraquad’s guiding principle is to advance the independent living philosophy.
ATMakers.org is an experiment in solving problems in Assistive Technology using the skills and tools of the Maker community. In short, we’ve seen tools in the Open-Source Hardware and Software community that can be incredibly useful for people with severe physical and cognitive challenges – we’d like to help introduce these communities to each other.
The Starkloff Disability Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities participate fully and equally in all aspects of society.
ATMakers.org is an experiment in solving problems in Assistive Technology using the skills and tools of the Maker community. In short, we’ve seen tools in the Open-Source Hardware and Software community that can be incredibly useful for people with severe physical and cognitive challenges – we’d like to help introduce these communities to each other.
ATS is a community of people whose primary purpose is to enhance the availability of assistive technology devices. ATS creates an environment that fosters the innovation of new assistive technology. It archives and disseminates information, particularly engineering information and fabrication instructions sufficient to replicate assistive technology devices with local fabrication resources.
Teltex is a leading provider of communication solutions for people with disabilities carrying a wide variety of assistive equipment, ranging from amplified phones to alert systems to iOS devices Founded in 1997, Teltex is evolving to keep pace with changes in assistive technology by expanding into wireless devices an is leading the way in utilizing iOS mobile devices as the next generation of assistive equipment.