Websites are organized into the following categories
A. General sites: offer a wide range of Disability/Medical Products
B. Specific Equipment Site
1.Bathroom: Commodes, Shower Chairs, Bathing and Toileting Aids
2.Bedroom: Beds, Bedding, Positioning Aids
3.Personal Security/Call Systems
4.Clothing
5.Communication Devices (see also Computer Devices)
6.Computer Devices, Programs Easy to Activate Switches, Input Devices - Dictation programs & Keyboard/mouse/joystick Replacements, Remote Controls (appliances, lights, etc.) Speech Synthesis, Voice Activated/Dictation Programs
7.Elevators, Stair Lifts
8.Lift Chairs (Recliners)
9.Lifting and Transfer Devices
10.Ramps
11.Remote, Environmental & Reading Controls (Not Computer Based)
12.Respiratory
13.Vehicles
14.Wheelchairs, Scooters
15. Wheelchair Lifts
16. Miscellaneous. Including Computer desks. Housing
17. Sites for Buying/Selling Used Equipment
General Sites:
Offer a wide range of Disability/Medical Products
Assistive Technology News Portal news, articles, product reviews and all product and vendor information of assistive technology devices
The Disability Mall: extensive list of links to equipment website
Information on assistive technology and rehabilitation equipment available from domestic and international sources
Well organized links to hundreds of disability product websites
Welcome Mobility provides a wide range of daily living aids
Line of products, especially wheelchairs and commodes etc.
Selection of disability related items but many are hard to find items or innovative versions of the usual equipment.
Wheelchairs, scooters, ramps, lifts, bath and bedroom aids
12,000 quality medical products and supplies at one site.
Adaptive products/equipment
Complete line of medical and adaptive products
Complete line of adaptive products
Scooters, scooter lifts, large line of medical and adaptive aids
Buy, sell, and learn about medical equipment
AccessLife.Com
Arrange for rental equipment and/or caregivers for disabled travellers
Australian specialists in wheelchairs and other mobility aids, modifies motor vehicles PECS, a division of ParaQuad provide continence, skin care and other personal equipment. Email them
Barrier-FreeTravel: A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Wheelers and Slow Walkers, by Candy Harrington. Written by the editor of Emerging Horizons, the leading travel magazine for people with disabilities, this is the definitive guide to accessible travel for those who use wheelchairs, walkers, canes, scooters, or have a slow gait. It is filled with advice on planning accessible travel by plane, train, bus, or ship and contains an extensive list of resources to further facilitate traveling with a disability.
Specific equipment sites:
1. Bathroom Commodes, Shower Chairs, Bathing and Toileting Aids
Female urinal
Bath transfer chairs, travel showerchair/commode transports in suitcase size bag. Assembles in seconds with one tool
Fairly large line of products, especially wheelchairs and commodes etc.
Tub Slide Shower Chair: wheeled chair which allows user to be moved over the edge of a tub without lifting or pulling. Also serves as a commode or can be wheeled over toilet
Easy Does It Bath Transfer System is portable
Converts toilet into a bidet for washing after toileting
Transforms any toilet or commode into a bidet, warm water wash and warm air drying
Bidet/toilet for people with limited movement
2. Bedroom Beds, Bedding, Positioning Aids
Air mattresses, seat cushions, foot cushions for comfort and prevention of pressure sores
Economy Medical Supplies
Sleep Disorders Guide symptoms, causes, treatments of sleep disorders
3. Call Systems/ Personal Security
Nurse call sytems requiring minimal strength, or breath pressure activated. Home use monitor
Quadriplegic nurse call system with portable unit for home use
Dials for help when cord is pulled
4. Clothing
Adaptive Clothing
Adaptive Apparel
Professional Fit Clothing
Clothing for disabled men
Tailor made clothing for people in wheelchairs
Adaptive Clothing
5. Communication Devices (See also Computer Devices)
A free text-to-speech download for PC's
Manufacturers of communication products Names, addresses, and links Many communication devices
Portable and computer-based communication devices
Text-To-Speech, Automatic Speech Recognition, Handwriting Recognition. The most natural communication solutions available.
Eyelink device - low tech aid enabling a person to communicate through eye movement.
DynaWrite Speech Machine
6. Computer Devices, Programs
Control of lights, appliances, etc.
Control household lights and appliances from your computer or with an included palm-sized remote
Free software for controlling TV, stereo, lights, etc. with an audible switch scanning menu
SwitchXS is a Macintosh OS X compatible solution for those who cannot use a mouse or keyboard but only press a single switch. It works with standard Mac applications and offers full mouse and keyboard emulation with customizable settings to allow users to adapt the application to their needs.
Easy to Activate Switches
Ablenet disability products
Adaptive controls for mobility, communication, and computer access
Switch operation by minimal movement or brainwaves
http://www.words-plus.com/products/input/inputs.htm
http://www.zygo-usa.com/products.htm
Input Devices
i Dictation Programs
ii Keyboard/mouse/joystick Replacements
Use USB camera to move the mouse (Free)
Onscreen keyboard (Free)
Mouse dwell/click program (Free)
Skeleton Key, on-screen keyboard software with text to speech
Computer control using a headband that detects muscle and brain activity
On-screen keyboard software with text to speech by Reach
Compares several onscreen keyboards
Virtual Keyboard - Free program
Reviews and links to an extensive number of computer input devices, many of them designed for disabled users
Joystick-operated mouse that is controlled with your mouth. Mouse button activations can be made with its sip, puff, and bite switches.
Foot operated mouse, pointer.
Head Mouse For Portables
http://www.zygo-usa.com/products.htm
Dragger On Screen Mouse software program (demo avail) automatically enters a left mouse button click after the mouse pointer is motionless for a set length of time
Joystick replaces mouse
Headmaster, eyegaze control of cursor
On-screen keyboard, replace mouse with Scanning Cursor or joystick, improve typing speed with Word Prediction
Keyboard operated by eye movements
Replace the mouse by moving the cursor according to the user's eye movements
Eye movements control keys displayed on a computer monitor
Computer devices for the disabled
Assistive communication aids for ALS patients
Tools for the motor disabled Virtual Utilities. The virtual keyboard and the joymouse can be downloaded via the Internet, for those who have trouble operating a computer with the existing programs. Email Wolfang if you have any questions or problems
Click-N-Type free on-screen keyboard
Speech Synthesis
CHIPSpeaking Software's web site includes versions of CHIPSpeaking and CHIPSpeech. The software is free to download or a CD is available at no cost.
Ablenet disability products
Eyegaze equipment
Voice Output
PC-based communication aid for a speech impaired person
Free program converts text to speech
Portable and computer-based communication devices
Speakeasy - free personal computer program to aid communication
DynaWrite Speech Machine
Quick Glance speech generating device
7. Elevators, Stair Lifts
Vertical platform lifts, stairway chairlifts & private residential elevators
Lifts, elevators, pool lifts
Acorn Stairlifts, Australia
8. Lift Chairs (Recliners)
9. Lifting and Transfer Devices
Portable Transfer Aid
Easy Pivot Transfer Machine and Personal Folding Standers
Barrier free lifts Ceiling mount or floor lifts
Ceiling or wall mount or floor lifts, lifts for transfer into pool
Arrange rental equipment or caregivers for disabled travellers
A new design of lift/chair in one
Pool lift
The EZAC pool Hoist
10. Ramps
Discount Ramps
http://www.economymedical.com/index.html
Electric scooters, power wheelchairs, fixed and portable ramps, equipment lifts for vehicles, etc. Excellent info on ramp building codes and a chart for length/rise discussing what really works for individuals rather than ADA requirements for public access
Information on ramp construction
11. Remote Control & Reading Systems
Control household lights and appliances from your computer or with an included palm-sized remote
Book page turner by Zygo: the GEWA BLV-6
Qi Care Book Page Turner
12. Respiratory
Ventilators, BiPAP, Cofflator and other respiratory supplies
In-Exsufflator for assitance in coughing
Battery backup for use with Ventilators, BiPAP etc.
BiPAP/CPAP and respiratory related supplies
BiPAP/CPAP and respiratory related supplies
13.Vehicles
AMS Vans Inc. converts and sells accessible minivans offering service, financing and nationwide delivery.
Lowered floor minivan Kneelkar, with a unique rear entry wheelchair accessible design.
Full size and mini vans
Vans, pickups, vehicle wheelchair lifts and carriers
Vans and other vehicles
Australian specialists in wheelchairs and other mobility aids, modifies motor vehicles
Car modifications, Australian
14. Wheelchairs, Scooters
Arrange for rental equipment or caregivers for disabled travellers
A non-commercial website for wheelchair users. Great info for comparison shopping
Electric scooters, power wheelchairs, fixed and portable ramps, equipment lifts for vehicles, etc.
Wheelchairs & Scooters UK
Durable Medical Equipment, Power & Electric Wheelchairs
Home Health Depot
All-terrain Wheelchair
Standing/ Reclining/Independent Power/ Leg Power Chair
Scooters, scooter lifts, many medical and adaptive aids
Mobility Solutions Australia
Scooters
Power Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs, scooters, ramps, lifts, bath and bedroom aids
Wheelchair desk trays with storage compartment
Beach chair
Adaptive controls for mobility, communication, and computer access
15. Wheelchair Lifts
Automobile, truck and van lifts to transport scooters and wheelchairs Economy Medical Supplies
16. Miscellaneous
Medical Supply Guide
Aids for PALS
Manufactured homes for the disabled
Manufactured homes for the disabled
Page turner
In bed computer desks, building plans
Water bottle with a flexible, positionable tube and clamp for wheelchair attachment
Drinking device for hands free use. If you have insufficient strength to suck through a straw, the valve only opens when bitten down on so it won't leak when positioned at or above head level - for those with difficulty sucking through a straw
Arrange for rental equipment and/or caregivers for disabled travellers
Adaptive Technology
Communication Independence for the Neurologically Impaired, Inc. (CINI)
Invacare - individual aid and equipment
Spastic Centre
Independent Living Centre - Information on assistive devices and equipment, Australia
Regency Park Rehabilitation Engineering
Gastrostomy Information Support Service, Australia
Homes Designed for the Disabled
17. Buying/selling used equipment
Resource Guide for New & Previously Owned Medical Equipment, Assistive Devices & Services
