• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• American Sign Language Instruction
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Special Education
• Sign Language Interpretation
• Hearing Aids
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Assistive Technology Training
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Telecommunication Relay Services

Serves students with disabilities by providing equal access to DSU academic programs, non-academic activities, and campus facilities to facilitate and promote student participation, success, retention and graduation. Responsible for evaluating disability documentation, determining eligibility, and implementing reasonable accommodations for students who have disabilities that may affect their academic success.

Dagget, Duchesne, Uintah, Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan counties. Person must have a disability that impairs activities of daily living and expectation that services will be beneficial.

• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Disability Related Transportation
• Disability Rights Groups
• Public Awareness/Education
• Centers for Independent Living
• Low Vision Aids
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
• Teaching/Instruction Volunteer Opportunities

USOR, Active Re-Entry serves the seven counties of Eastern Utah, with satellite offices in Moab and Uintah Basin.
There are five other Centers for Independent Living (CILs) in Utah.

• Advocacy
• Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
• Aging and Disability Resource Centers
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Disability Related Center Based Employment
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Assistive Technology Equipment Listing Services
• Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Health Related Advocacy Groups
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Voluntary Health Organizations

NFB of Utah has 5 chapters located in St. George, Utah County, Salt Lake, Weber/Davis, and Logan; as well as 3 divisions that work specifically with students, seniors, and parents of blind children.
President Everette Bacon

Volunteers and staff assist people with blindness and visual impairment to be more independent and active in their communities through transportation services, socialization and support, education, information, advocacy, instruction, training, mobility aids, transcription, parenting programs, disability rights groups, volunteer opportunities, support groups, tuition assistance, and referral services. Volunteers run the day-to-day operations out of their homes. Please call if you have questions. 

• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Automobile Donation Programs
• Disability Rights Groups
• Blind Mobility Aids
• Disability Related Parenting Programs
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Disability Related Transportation
• Advocacy
• Assistive Technology Training
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Arts and Crafts Instruction
• Tuition Assistance
• Braille Transcription
• Public Awareness/Education
• Specialized Information and Referral

• Specialized Telecommunications Equipment
• Disability Related Libraries

Anyone diagnosed with one of the 43 diseases in MDA's service program.

A voluntary health agency that works to combat muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and related muscle-debilitating diseases, and is committed to finding treatments and cures while supporting a comprehensive program of direct patient services and clinical care. Also provides assistive technology, support groups, therapeutic camps and offers volunteer opportunities.

• Voluntary Health Organizations
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
• Therapeutic Camps
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Clinical care at Clinical Neurosciences Center, University of Utah Medical Center

• Advocacy
• Youth Job Development
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Medical Equipment/Supplies
• Centers for Independent Living
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Public Awareness/Education
• Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities
• Developmental Disabilities Social/Recreational Programs
• Rent Payment Assistance
• Utility Service Payment Assistance

Provides consult, resource, and direct education services to children who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, visually impaired, or deaf-blind from birth to age 22. Services include special education, intermediate sign language instruction, hearing aids and braille and tactile aids. Also has audiological evaluations and beginner and developmental assessment for infants and toddlers, ages three to birth to three with a developmental delay or disability. Special preschool services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing, contact local school district for a referral.COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Hearing Aids
• Sign Language Instruction
• Audiological Evaluations
• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids

Service fees for manual devices range from $35 to $150 and power devices from $250 to $580.  No insurance or proof of disability is required to receive a device.

Statewide resource offering information, technical and fabrication assistance, van adaptive services, and assistive technology equipment loans.

• Automobile/Van Adaptations
• Assistive Technology Information
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Assistive Technology Equipment Custom Design/Fabrication

Specializes in mobility devices that are donated, refurbished and transferred back to people who need them for a modest service fee. Devices include:

• Power wheelchairs
• Manual wheelchairs
• Power scooters
• 4-Wheel Walkers (Rollators)
• Transport Wheelchairs

For a free consultation with UCAT, please fill out the form on the website and email it to ucat@utah.gov.

• Aging and Disability Resource Centers
• Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Disability Related Sports
• Mileage Reimbursements
• Advocacy
• Centers for Independent Living
• Medical Equipment/Supplies
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Disability Rights Groups
• Specialized Information and Referral

Youth with disabilities between the ages of 4-24. May also assist those who have had emergency surgery and are in need of a temporary wheelchair, crutches, or other device. Serving Millard, Sevier, Beaver, Piute, Wayne, Iron, Garfield, Washington, and Kane counties.

• Peer to Peer Networking
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Advocacy

• Youth Violence Prevention
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Children's Protective Services

All people of all ages who experience a physical, sensory, cognitive or mental disability are invited to participate in center activities. Eligibility for some opportunities is based on economic need.

A non-residential center for independent living designed for people of all ages and disabilities. Controlling one's life and minimizing dependence on others are essential for independent living. All services are demand-driven through the consumer requesting the service. Provides services to individuals with disabilities to facilitate their full participation in the community and raise the understanding of disability issues and access to the community. Five core services and additional support programs/services are provided depending on the needs of the individual with the disability. Additional services include disability related transportation, assistive technology equipment loans, health/disability related support groups and social clubs, peer to peer networking, disability rights groups, special education/comprehensive information and referral, in home developmental disabilities habilitation programs, and ADA implementation assistance.COVID-19 UPDATE: Following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Disability Rights Groups
• Comprehensive Information and Referral
• Disability Related Transportation
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Special Education Plan Development
• In Home Developmental Disabilities Habilitation Programs
• Centers for Independent Living
• ADA Implementation Assistance
• Peer to Peer Networking

Assists individuals with disabilities to achieve or maintain self-sufficient and productive lives in their own communities.

• Low Vision Aids
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Public Awareness/Education
• Disability Rights Groups
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Teaching/Instruction Volunteer Opportunities
• Centers for Independent Living
• Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
• Disability Related Transportation
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups

USOR Center for Independent Living (CIL)

Person must have a disability that impairs activities of daily living and expectation that services with be beneficial.

• Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
• Public Awareness/Education
• Low Vision Aids
• Disability Related Transportation
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Disability Rights Groups
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Centers for Independent Living
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Home Visit Volunteer Opportunities
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups
• Teaching/Instruction Volunteer Opportunities

USOR Center for Independent Living (CIL)

Children birth to 3 years of age for Parent Infant Program. Education available for children 3 to 21 years.

• Hearing Aids
• Audiological Evaluations
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Special Education

Services for the deaf and for the blind. Birth to twenty-one years of age. Encompasses 18 counties and 22 school districts including Utah County.

• Special Education
• Developmental Assessment
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Hearing Aids
• Audiological Evaluations

A no cost, state program managed by the Public Service Commission that provides hearing assistive phones and cell phone amplifiers to hard of hearing and deaf individuals. Amplified, captioning, and other hearing assistive phones and technologies are available as everyone's hearing loss is different. Hearing assistive phones are provided to any hard of hearing or deaf Utahn's whose income qualifies. Most people who already qualify for public assistance programs are eligible. The agency operates a demo center that is at no cost to the public to try the phones. The 7-1-1 state and nationwide telephone number connects standard (voice) telephone users with deaf, hard of hearing and speech challenged individuals that use specialized relay equipment. By dialing 7-1-1 you will be connected you to the person you are trying to reach and relay your message to the deaf/hard of hearing/speech disabled person and then relay their response.

• Telecommunication Relay Services
• Specialized Telecommunications Equipment

All ages with disabilities, and their caretakers, resident of Utah.

Provides assistive technology training, services, and research for and with individuals in the community, students, and professionals throughout the state of Utah. Can check status on COVID-19 rent/utility relief applications.

• Certificates/Forms Assistance
• Assistive Technology Information
• Assistive Technology Equipment Listing Services

Offers small grants of up to $500 for Utahns with disabilities to purchase assistive technology devices. 

Provides low-interest loans of up to $50,000 to purchase assistive technology or devices. Up to $25,000 may be loaned for home modifications. Examples of eligible purchases or adaptations include:

• Adapted vans
• Wheelchairs or scooters
• Hearing aids
• Braille equipment
• Lifts or elevators
• Adapted computer accessories and software
• Augmentative and alternative communication devices, including iPads and apps

Provides wheelchair-accessible vans and custom adaptations.

Services Include:

• Adaptions for vans
• Assistive driving devices
• Hand controls
• Transfer seats
• Wheelchair lifts

• Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
• Case/Care Management
• Supported Employment
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Semi-Independent Living Residences for Adults With Disabilities
• Adult In Home Respite Care
• Home Barrier Evaluation/Removal Services
• Housekeeping Assistance

Administers the Community Supports, Acquired Brain Injury, and Physical Disabilities   and Community Transitions waiver programs. There is a waiting list dependent on funding by the State Legislature.

Recipients only qualify for a one-time benefit and must be residents of the state of Utah. Recipients must also be nonverbal or minimally verbal and have a formal autism diagnosis.

• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Advocacy
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Assistive Technology Equipment Listing Services
• Aging and Disability Resource Centers
• Comprehensive Disability Related Employment Programs
• Disability Related Center Based Employment
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities

• Music Therapy
• Adapted Musical Instruments
• Music Instruction
• Childbirth Education

Harmony Music Therapy provides music therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities and mental health challenges.

• Music Therapy
• Music Instruction
• Adapted Musical Instruments

Jaycie Voorhees, Director, MT-BC (Music Therapist - Board Certified)

30 minute private session $55, 45 minute private session $70, $300 scholarships available.

• Specialized Information and Referral
• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Independent Living Skills Instruction

For those with disabilities. May also assist those who have had emergency surgery and are in need of a temporary wheelchair, crutches, or other device.

• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Advocacy
• Specialized Information and Referral
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan

Client must have a hearing-care professional or doctor certify that they have hearing loss that necessitates the use of available equipment to communicate effectively.

• Specialized Telecommunications Equipment

• Rent Payment Assistance
• Disability Rights Groups
• Medical Equipment/Supplies
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Centers for Independent Living
• Public Awareness/Education
• Advocacy
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Utility Service Payment Assistance
• Event Coordination Volunteer Opportunities

• Assistive Technology Equipment Listing Services
• Assistive Technology Information
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan

Provides support and education to those with disabilities to live independently through education, personalized services, and technology.

• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Peer to Peer Networking
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs
• Specialized Information and Referral

Provides support and education to those with disabilities to live independently through advocacy, specialized information and referral, education, nursing home transition services, mobility training, peer to peer help, social clubs, personalized services, and technology.

• Peer to Peer Networking
• Advocacy
• School to Adult Life Transition Services
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Independent Living Skills Instruction
• Orientation and Mobility Training
• Nursing Home Transition Financing Programs
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs

• Assistive Technology Training
• Case/Care Management
• Disability Related Libraries
• Assistive Technology Equipment Loan
• Specialized Information and Referral
• Health/Disability Related Social Clubs

Provides brailler repair services and non-certified training to individuals, schools, and agencies who own braillers and would like to learn how to clean them.

Provides brailler repair services and non-certified training to individuals, schools, and agencies who own braillers and would like to learn how to clean them.

Service Include:

• Brailler general maintenance training
• Increase braille literacy by normalizing braille for those with print disabilities.
• Keep braillers in good working order by educating about best practices for  general maintenance
• Ensure sustainability of braillers used locally
• Increase employment opportunities locally
• Highlight the importance of sustainable brailler repair
• Uphold the gold standard of Perkins Certified

Perkins Certified, July 1, 2022

Persons with a hearing or speech disability

Telecommunications Relay Services permit persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device to call persons with or without such disabilities.

To make using TRS as simple as possible, you can simply dial 711 to be automatically connected to a TRS operator. No cost.

Provides consulting services, products, and workshops for educators and parents of children with autism and related disabilities.

Sells mobility equipment, therapy equipment, feeding equipment, classroom equipment, daily living equipment, strollers, and toys for children with special needs. A commercial company. OT and PT on staff to assist with inquiries.

This is a for-profit online store.

Sells toys, books, and games that are appropriate for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

This is a for-profit online store.

Any child with hearing loss between the ages of newborn and twenty years, with financial need, may apply.

Assists children with hearing loss to achieve improved communication. Provides financial assistance for hearing aids, enclosed caption converters for television, tactile units, FM units (into which a hearing aid is plugged for amplification), computers to assist deaf children in communicating, etc.

A commercial site offering a variety of assistive technology products and services that help people move, breathe, rest and perform essential hygiene.

Provided advocacy and expands opportunities and enhances the quality of life of children and young adults with disabilities and their families. PACER is staffed primarily by parents of children with disabilities and works in coalition with 18 disability organizations. A significant Learning Center, Resources, and specifically for Students and Young Adults.

A voluntary health agency that works to combat muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and related muscle-debilitating diseases. The organization is committed to finding treatments and cures while providing a comprehensive program to empower families with support to help them thrive and stay independent including summer camps for kids, peer support, equipment resources and more. Related volunteer opportunities available.COVID-19 Update: following all CDC and state guidelines.

• Voluntary Health Organizations
• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
• Health/Disabilities Related Volunteer Opportunities
• Therapeutic Camps
• Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Completed applications must be returned to the Trust by the end of each quarter: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st. 

Provides financial assistance to people who suffer deafness or hearing impairment.  Assistance includes obtaining mechanical devices, medical or specialized treatment or specialized education as well as speech classes, note takers, interpreters, etc. and in other areas of need that are directly related to hearing impairment.

For very young children. Eligibility requirements. Underserved Americans with no other resources.

Miracle-Ear® is committed to helping underserved people with hearing loss and giving them the gift of sound. Committed to excellent products, follow-up care and service.

Adults and children with limited financial resources. Asks all applicants to exhaust other financial resources including but not limited to, available credit, family support, money market accounts, mutual funds, 401(k) plans, trust funds, annuities, and savings/checking and State sponsored programs.

Provides new high quality hearing aids. Each person receives: two hearing aids, custom ear molds and one year limited service. After an application fee (see Tier I and II on website) the only expenses are the cost of the hearing evaluation and batteries. These costs are not paid to HAH.

Blind or visually impaired

Be My Eyes is an app that connects people who are blind or visually impaired with a community of normal sighted volunteers. This allows them to handle tasks which requires sight.

Sells adaptive tricycles to meet almost every need. Each model can be customized with special seating, footplates or headrests that make riding safe, comfortable and accessible. 

Individuals with autism who are non-verbal or minimally verbal and whose communication challenges put them at increased risk of injury or harm. For those in extreme financial need.

Parent-led non-profit organization that responds to the most urgent needs of the autism community, providing real help and hope so that all affected can reach their full potential. Provides expense assistance for assistive technology, as well as information on disease and disability.

• Assistive Technology Expense Assistance
• Disease/Disability Information

Based on income and assets

Provides training and education on hearing, hearing loss, and hearing aids.

Must meet all these criteria: Be located where Comcast offers Internet service; Have at least one child receiving free school lunches through the National School Lunch Program; Have not subscribed to Comcast Internet service within the last 90 days; Not have an overdue Comcast bill or unreturned equipment.

Offers families $9.95 (plus tax) a month Internet service and a low-cost computer to qualified applicants.
Never pay any price increases or pay any activation or equipment rental fees.
Option to buy a computer at initial enrollment for the low price of just $149.99 + tax
Free Internet training available — online, in print and in person.

Provides school districts, insurance companies and family members of the autism community with proven tools that improve the independence and quality of life for people on the autism spectrum.

Low income individuals in need who are referred by professionals.

Assists low income individuals with a range of needs including mobility equipment (wheelchairs, walkers, vehicle modifications such as hand controls and lifts), ramps and minor house modifications for accessibility, medical equipment (not including medical bills or back bills), and prostheses. Applications accepted from referring professionals only (social worker, case manager, teacher, school counselor, minister, etc.).

Children with special needs or on the Autism spectrum, and adults

Provides innovative neuroscience-based music programs. Helps children and adults improve their focus, learning, listening and communication skills.

• Books & Music
• Learning Software
• Sleep Products
• Audio Equipment

First responders for the cognitively impaired.

• Emergency Rescue
• Locator Aids

No cost to individuals who are hard-of-hearing and have medically recognized hearing loss, whose hearing loss inhibits their phone use.

Provides no cost caption phone and mobile apps (and captioning service) through Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act for those with hearing loss that requires captioning.

Sells adapted equipment for sport and recreation. Products include adapted PE, daily living, clinical furniture, learning and development, motor skills, positioning and mobility, recreation, and sensory space design.

This is a for-profit online store.

Sells inclusive and adaptive sports, exercise, and therapy equipment for adaptive athletes.

This is a for-profit online store.

Children and adults with special needs

Provides special needs products for purchase and therapy solutions that facilitate movement and exercise.

This is a for-profit online store.

Provides independent living products. Medical alert systems and vision/hearing/mobility aids.

Provides telephone assistance for disabled: vision-or hearing-impaired, or who have mobility, cognitive or other disabilities.

Hearing Augmentation Aids
Specialized Telecommunications Equipment
Telecommunication Relay Services
Visual/Reading Aids

Manufactures and sells AAC communicators, adapted toys, adaptive switches, sensory products, adapted electronics and more for people with disabilities.

This is a for-profit online store.

Offers products for sale that are hand-selected by experienced special needs professionals. Items are kid-tested and therapist, teacher and parent approved.

Products Include:

• Adapted Arts and Crafts Materials
• Adapted Toys
• Assistive Technology Equipment
• Assistive Technology Equipment Acquisition Assistance
• Braille and Tactile Aids
• Control and Signaling Aids
• Low Vision Aids
• Speech Aids
• Visual/Reading Aids

Provides video relay services and phone call captioning products for individuals and businesses.

Services Include:

• Interpretation/Translation
• Sign Language Interpretation
• Video Relay Services
• Captioned Call Solutions

Sells tools for kids and adults with sensory processing disorders, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and special needs. Search by product type, therapist recommendation, diagnosis, environment and more.

This is a for-profit online store.

Provides peace of mind and independence through emergency response products and services to get help quickly to clients when they are unable to reach the phone.

Services Include:

• Evaluation for Assistive Technology
• Specialized Telecommunications Equipment
• Voice/Audio Output Aids

Provides information on assistive technology and computer hardware and/or software for persons with disabilities. Publishes a bi-monthly magazine on assistive technology. Holds an annual conference on assistive technology in special education and rehabilitation.

Helps match consumers with pharmacies that provide accessible prescription labels in talking, large print, Braille and Translated formats. Also educates pharmacies on language access and vision accessibility in the pharmacy

Provides technical innovation and the creation of user-centered research, products, and services for people with disabilities which includes: Braille, E-text, Captioning and Described Media, Tools for Life, Student Accommodation Manager, Digital Accessibility, and Customer Support.

Sells wheelchair vans and handicap accessible vehicles, new and used, plus wheelchair lifts, scooter lifts, accessible seating and driving aids, from certified handicap van dealerships. Search their inventory online. Can help with having something adapted and resources to help assist financially.

For children and adults who have limited to no intentional muscular control but have control of their eye movement. Limited financial assistance may be available.

For individuals whose only controlled muscular movement is their eyes, the mouse pointer follows the location that the user is looking at on the screen. The eyes replace the mouse.

EagleEyes is manufactured at a cost of $1200 in Logan, Utah by INOVAR Inc. Through a generous grant, EagleEyes will be available for $800 during 2015.