Resources

In each tab local, state and regional resources appear first with a section after labeled national.

Aging and Disability Resource Center

The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) is a trusted source of information where people of all ages, abilities and income levels – and their caregivers – can go to obtain assistance in planning for their future long-term service and support needs. The ADRC is designed to empower older adults and persons with disabilities to make informed choices about their services and supports.

Phone number: 1-855-200-2372

Website: https://www.kdads.ks.gov/commissions/commission-on-aging/aging-and-disability-resource-centers

Area Agencies on Aging

Name	Phone number	Website
Central Plains	1-855-200-2372	http://www.cpaaa.org/
East Central Kansas	1-785-242-7200	https://eckaaa.org/
Jayhawk	1-785-235-7367	http://www.jhawkaaa.org/
Johnson County	1-913-715-8861	https://www.jocogov.org/dept/human-services/area-agency-aging
North Central / Flint Hills	1-800-432-2703	http://www.ncfhaaa.com/
Northeast Kansas	1-785-742-7152	http://www.nekaaa.org/
Northwest Kansas	1-785-628-8204	http://www.nwkaaa.com/index.html
South Central Kansas	1-620-442-0268	http://www.sckaaa.org/
Southeast Kansas	1-620-431-2980	http://www.sekaaa.com/
Southwest Kansas	1-620-225-8230	https://www.swkaaa.org/
Wyandotte-Leavenworth	1-913-573-8531	https://www.wycokck.org/Departments/Area-Agency-on-Aging

Assistive Technology for Kansans (ATK)

ATK is a Kansas statewide assistive technology program to help improve access to acquisition of assistive technology (AT) for individuals with disabilities and health conditions of all ages. Services include device demonstration, short-term equipment loan, AT reuse, and determination of funding eligibility for new and used devices.

Phone: 1-800-526-3648

Email: atkapps@ku.edu

Website: https://atk.ku.edu/

iCanConnect – Kansas Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Project

Kansans with a combined hearing and vision loss can receive telecommunications tools and the training to use them through iCanConnect, part of ATK.

Website: https://atk.ku.edu/special-projects

Kansas Telecommunications Access Program (KS TAP)

The Kansas Telecommunications Access Program (TAP) is an equipment distribution program. The purpose of the program is to provide specialized telephones and other telecommunications devices to Kansans with disabilities who can’t use traditional home telephones.

Website: https://atk.ku.edu/ks-tap

Blinded Veterans Association of the Heartland

Regional group of the Blinded Veterans Association serving blinded veterans residing in Kansas and Missouri. Works to ensure visually impaired veterans possess a peer support network and quality healthcare services at local Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers.

Website: https://bva.org/regional-groups/heartland-regional-group/

Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults: Great Plains Region Office

Provides information and resources on programs and services that are available to deaf-blind individuals, their families and service providers, and assists with finding and accessing the right ones for you.

Voice: 913-677-4562

VP: 913-227-4282

Website: https://www.helenkeller.org/hknc/great-plains-region

Kansas Association for the Blind or Visually Impaired

Committee devoted to increasing the independence, opportunity and quality of life for blind and visually impaired individuals, and to assist in generating equality between blind and visually impaired and their sighted peers.

Phone number: 1-800-799-1499

Website: http://www.kabvi.com/

Kansas Centers for Independent Living

Name	City	Phone number	TTY	Website
Independence Inc.	Lawrence	1-785-841-0333	1-785-841-1046	http://www.independenceinc.org
Independent Connection	Salina	1-800-526-9731	1-785-827-7051	https://indconnectioninc.com/
Independent Living Resource Center	Wichita	1-316-942-6300	1-316-942-6300	https://ilrcks.org/
LINK, Inc.	Hays	1-785-625-6942	1-785-625-9642	http://www.linkinc.org/
Beyond Barriers	Hutchinson	1-888-715-6818	(video) 620-860-0146	https://www.beyondbarriersks.com
Resource Center for Independent Living	Osage City	1-800-580-7245	1-785-528-3106	http://rcilinc.org/
Southeast Kansas Independent Living Resource Center	Parsons	1-800-688-5616	1-620-421-0983	https://www.skilonline.com/
The Whole Person	Kansas City	1-913-871-4188		https://thewholeperson.org/
Three Rivers Inc.	Wamego	1-800-855-3994		https://www.threeriversinc.org/

Kansas Department for Children and Families Rehabilitation Services

Offers a number of programs to meet the diverse needs of Kansans with disabilities

Website: http://www.dcf.ks.gov/services/RS/Pages/default.aspx

Kansas Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

Advocates for residents rights to protect and improve quality of life and care for Kansans who live in long-term care facilities.

Phone: 1-877-662-8362

Website: https://ombudsman.ks.gov/

Kansas Partnership for Accessible Technology (KPAT)

Organized and run by the State of Kansas, Office of Information and Technology Services, KPAT works to ensure that access to State of Kansas information and communications technologies and systems is equitable and inclusive for everyone, including people with disabilities.

Phone: 785-291-3016

Website: https://oits.ks.gov/kpat/home

KSDS Assistance Dogs, Inc.

Organization providing guide dogs for the visually impaired, service dogs for individuals with physical impairments, and facility dogs that assist professionals in many fields.

Phone: 785-325-2256

Website: http://www.ksds.org/

National Federation of the Blind of Kansas

A member of the National Federation of the Blind using innovating initiatives and advocacy to integrate blind individuals in Kansas and throughout the nation into a society on an equal footing.

Tom Page, President

Phone: 316-734-4839

Website: http://www.nfbks.org/

Parenting Children with Special Needs (PCWSN)

PCWSN is a magazine with articles and stories about the triumphs, challenges, and everyday living and parenting of children with special needs from the Kansas City metro area. While it is a magazine, they also provide a very detailed resource guide for parents of children with special needs.

Website: https://pcwsn.com/

National Resources

A - F

AbleData: Tools and Technology to Enhance Life - https://abledata.acl.gov/

Alzheimer’s Association - https://www.alz.org

American Association of People with Disabilities - https://www.aapd.com/

American Council of the Blind - https://www.acb.org

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) - https://www.afb.org

American Printing House of the Blind - https://www.aph.org

American Stroke Foundation - https://americanstroke.org/

American Brain Tumor Association - https://www.abta.org/

Americans with Disabilities Act - https://www.ada.gov

Arthritis Foundation - https://www.arthritis.org/

Blinded Veterans Association - https://www.bva.org

Canine Companions for Independence - https://www.cci.org/

Disabled People’s International (DPI) - http://dpi.org/

Easterseals - https://www.easterseals.com/

G - L

Gary Sinise Foundation - https://www.garysinisefoundation.org/

Guide Dogs for the Blind - https://www.guidedogs.com/

iBill Currency Reader Program - https://www.moneyfactory.gov/uscurrencyreaderpgm.html

IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Online Accessible Tax Forms and Services - https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/accessible-irs-tax-products

Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss - https://www.lcfvi.org/

Lions Club International - https://lionsclubs.org/en

M - R

Macular Degeneration Foundation - https://www.macular.org/

MaxiAids - https://www.maxiaids.com/

Muscular Dystrophy Association - https://www.mda.org/

Nanopac - https://nanopac.com/

National Federation of the Blind - https://www.nfb.org/

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - http://nationalmssociety.org/

National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation - https://www.albinism.org/

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children - http://nopbc.org/about

National Stroke Association - https://www.stroke.org/

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy - https://www.parentprojectmd.org/

Parkinson’s Foundation - https://Parkinson.org/

Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation - http://www.curethekids.org/

S - Z

Social Security - https://www.ssa.gov/

United Cerebral Palsy - https://ucp.org/

United States Brain Injury Alliance - https://usbia.org/

Wounded Warrior Project - https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

Kansas AgrAbility Project

Program providing education and assistance for people with disabilities who work in agriculture to eliminate, or at least minimize, obstacles that keep them from success in their work.

Phone number: 1-800-526-3648

Website: http://agrability.bae.ksu.edu/

AgrAbility Toolbox

http://www.agrability.org/toolbox/?mode=browse

Kansas Department for Children and Families Rehabilitation Services

Offers a number of programs to meet the diverse needs of Kansans with disabilities

Website: http://www.dcf.ks.gov/services/RS/Pages/default.aspx

Business Enterprise Program

Offers legally blind individuals employment opportunities in food service and vending operations in public/government facilities.

Phone: 785-368-7471

Toll-free: 1-866-213-9079

Kansas Disability Rights Center

Legal advocacy agency working to protect and advocate for the rights of Kansans with disabilities under state or federal laws.

Phone (Voice): 1-877-776-1541

TDD: 1-877-335-3725

Website: https://www.drckansas.org/

Kansas Working Healthy

Working Healthy offers persons with disabilities who are working or interested in working to work and maintain their Medicaid health coverage.

http://www.kdheks.gov/hcf/workinghealthy/

OCCK, Inc.

Organization assisting people with disabilities, both short- and long-term, with employment, independent living, and community engagement.

Phone: 785-827-9383

Website: https://occk.com/

National Resources

Career Resources for Americans with Disabilities - https://www.jobhero.com/resources/disability-career-guide/

GettingHired.com - https://www.gettinghired.com/

Guide for People with Disabilities Seeking Employment - https://www.ada.gov/workta.htm

Incight https://www.incight.org

Job Accommodation Network (JAN) - https://askjan.org/

Learn How to Become - Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities - https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/career-resource-center/careers-for-disabilities-abilities/

NLS Employment Resources - https://www.loc.gov/nls/resources/employment/

RecruitDisability.org - http://recruitdisability.org/

Brain Injury Association of Kansas and Greater Kansas City

State chapter of a national organization providing resources and training and education about brain injuries and how to prevent them, support group information, and someone to listen when needed.

Phone (for immediate assistance): 1-800-444-6443

Website: http://biaks.org/

Falling Forward Foundation

Falling Forward Foundation is an organization working to help people fully recover from catastrophic medical events by funding continued rehabilitation to and advocating to reduce or eliminate therapy caps and other barriers to adequate rehabilitation.

Phone: 785-550-8129

Website: https://www.fallingforward.org/

First Hand Foundation

A non-profit organization that provides funding for individual children—domestically and globally—who need assistance with clinical necessities, medical equipment, and travel related to care.

Phone: 816-201-1569

Website: https://www.firsthandfoundation.org/

Kansas Disability and Health Program

Program helping to improve the health and quality of life of Kansans with disabilities through increased access to programs and services promoting healthy living.

Website: https://ihdps.ku.edu/dandhkansas

National Resources

American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org/

Benefits Check Up - https://www.benefitscheckup.org/

Brain Injury Association of America - https://www.biausa.org/

Children’s Tumor Foundation - https://www.ctf.org/

Foundation Fighting Blindness - https://www.fightingblindness.org

Healthcare.gov - https://www.healthcare.gov/

Just Plain Clear - https://www.justplainclear.com/en

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - https://www.jdrf.org/

Medicare - https://www.medicare.gov/index

National Institute on Aging - https://www.nia.nih.gov/

National Brain Tumor Society - https://braintumor.org/

United States Department of Veterans Affairs - https://www.va.gov

Young Invincibles - https://younginvincibles.org/

Alphapointe Vision/Low Vision

Rehabilitation and education agency assisting individuals with low vision / vision loss maintain independence. Serving the Kansas City metro area, Missouri, and northeast Kansas.

Phone: 816-421-5848

Website: http://www.alphapointe.org/

Envision

Envision is an integrated community working to improve the quality of life for those who are blind or visually impaired through research, training for employment and independence, and education.

Website: https://www.envisionus.com/

Bicknell Envision Vision Rehabilitation Center

Phone number: 346-440-1600

Envision Everyday Store

Phone number: 1-888-311-2299

Website: https://www.envisioneveryday.com/

Families Together, Inc.

A non-profit organization providing support and information through training and education programs (in English and Spanish) for families of children, from birth to age 26, with disabilities and/or special health care needs.

Phone number:

Garden City: 1-888-820-6364

Topeka: 1-800-264-6343

Wichita: 1-888-815-6364

Website: https://familiestogetherinc.org/

Kansas Instructional Resource Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Resource center assisting Kansas education agencies provide braille, large print, recorded or digital textbooks and other educational materials for blind or visually impaired Kansas students.

Phone: 913-305-3071

Website: http://www.kirc.org/

Kansas Schools for the Deaf and Blind

Website: http://www.kssdb.org/

Kansas State School for the Blind

Phone: 1-800-572-5463

Website: http://kssb.net/

Kansas State School for the Deaf

Phone: 913-791-0573

Website: http://www.ksdeaf.org/

National Resources

Affordable Colleges for Students with Disabilities - https://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/affordable-colleges-for-students-with-disabilities/

AFB’s Braille Bug Site (Website for children and young adult) - http://braillebug.org/

Braille Reading Pals Club - https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/early-childhood-initiatives

Hadley - https://www.hadley.edu

Learning Ally - https://learningally.org/

Learning Disabilities Association of America - https://ldaamerica.org/

Audio Reader

Organization providing reading and information services to individuals visual impairments in Kansas and western Missouri by reading newspapers, magazines and bestselling books over the radio and on the Internet 24 hours a day.

Phone: 785-864-4600

Website: https://reader.ku.edu/

Heartland Therapeutic Riding, Inc.

This organization is dedicated to serving children and adults with disabilities in the Kansas City metro/Northeast Kansas and improving quality of life through equine-assisted activities and therapies.

Website: https://www.heartlandtherapeuticriding.org/