Assistive Technology Agencies and Websites

It can be hard to find help with assistive technology. This is especially true for people who live in rural communities. I have compiled a list of agencies that can help with the assistive technology process or with repairs to the devices.


LOCAL

Americans With Disabilities ACT - Coordinator
Lafayette, TN 3708
(615)-666-7501

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Ins.
602 Red Boiling Springs Road
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-5109

Macon County Education Department
501 College Street
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-2125

Macon County Special Education Department
501 College Street
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-2685

North Central Computer Technologies
424 College Street
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-3342

North Central Telephone Cooperative
872 Highway 52 ByPass East
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-2151

Info-Ed
446 Happy Springs Road
Red Boiling Springs, TN 37150
(615)-699-8018

Pacesetters
664 Industrial Drive
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-8018

Upper Cumberland /Human Resource Agency
607 Highway 52 By Pass East
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-3377
(615)-666-4604

Vocational Rehab
201 West Main Street
Scottsville, KY
(270)-237-3112

Wilson's Computer Service
1203 A Scottsville Road
Lafayette, TN 37083
(615)-666-4214

STAR Center
1119 Old Humboldt Road
Jackson, TN 38305
Phone: (731)-668-3888
Fax: (731)-668-1666
Email: information@starcenter.tn.org
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Tennessee State
Special Education Contact
Joseph Fisher, Assistant Commissioner
Andrew Johnson Tower, 7th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615)-741-2851
Fax: (615)-532-9412
Middle Tennessee Center
Bob Blair, Coordinator
1256 Foster Avenue
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: (615)-532-3258
Fax: (615)-532-3257
Tennessee School for the Deaf
Alan Mealka, Superintendent
2763 Island Home
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: (865)-579-2441
Fax: (865)-579-2484
Tennessee School for the Blind
Jim Oldham, Superintendent
115 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: (615)-231-7300
Fax: (615)-871-9312
NATIONAL
Ability Online
Alliance for Technology Access
American Coalition of Citizen with Disabilities
494 Westchester Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10707
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Assistive Technology Industry Association
Assistive Technologies
1-800-244-4906
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Attainment Company
Center for Applied Special Technology
Closing the Gap: Computer Technology in SPED and Rehab
Community Workshop & Training Center
3215 N. University
Peoria, IL 61604
Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
International Society for Augmentive and Alternative Communication
Laureate Learning Systems
National Council For Support of Disability Issues
Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America
Skyer Consultation Center
P.O. Box 121
Pockaway Park, NY 11694
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Special Education Laws

Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA)
Education of the Handicapped Children Act became Public Law 94-142 in 1975. EHA mandated that all school aged children receive a free appropriate public education. The law was reauthorized in 1986 to add infants, toddlers, and their families. The EHA reauthorized again in 1990 with a new name. It was changed to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or IDEA.



Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was formerly known as the Education of the Handicapped Act. The law had a huge impact on education. IDEA has six major principles. The principles include: zero rejection, nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation, FAPE, Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), due process safeguards, and parent and student participation and shared decision making.



Section 504
Section 504 is a civil law that ensures individuals are not discriminated against based on their disability. The civil law ensures that the child with a disability receives accommodations and modifications and has equal access to an education. Section 504 does not require an Individual Education Program like IDEA does.



Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The Americans with disabilities of 1990, made discriminating against individuals with disabilities a civil rights violation. It also demands that people with disabilities must be provided accessibility to public buildings, public transportation, and public services.



Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act there are six major principles. One of the principles is FAPE. All children with a disability shall receive a free, appropriate public education. The education must be provided at the public’s expense, regardless of the type or severity of the child’s disability. FAPE was first mandated in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in1975.



Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, is a federal law that strictly protects student records and documents. Students have rights regarding the release of records. This includes any record that contains personally identifiable information that is directly related to the student.





For more information on these laws and other laws that govern the rights and education of individuals with disabilities visit the websites listed below.






Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation
http://ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/index.html

Americans with Disabilities Act
http://www.ada.gov/

No Child Left Behind Act of 2002
http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004
http://idea.ed.gov/

Wrights Law
http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm
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