Safe Ride News: Provides a listing of wheelchairs that meet the voluntary standard for crashworthiness.

Center for Children with Special Needs: Provides links to injury prevention and safety resources for children with special needs.

Community Health Charities of Connecticut
30 Laurel Street
Hartford, CT 06106
860.951.5933
1.800.344.6071
Provides a listing of member charities that offer prevention, treatment, research and outreach programs.

DaimlerChrysler Motor Company LLC
Automobility Program Headquarters
P.O. Box 50809
Troy, Michigan 48007-5080
1.800.255.9877
Provides $1,000 reimbursement for installation of qualified adaptive driver or passenger equipment on a purchased or leased new 2001 or 2002 Chrysler Dodge or Jeep vehicle.

Connecticut Department of Social Services
Central Office
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, CT 06106
1.800.842.1508
1.800.842.4524 TDD/TYY
Contact the regional office to locate the nearest office in your region. Provides Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Employment Opportunities Program, Independent Living Program, Disability Determination Services, Connecticut Tech Act Project.

Department of Motor Vehicles
60 State Street
Wethersfield, CT 06109
Handicapped Driver Training Unit
860.263.5097

Family Voices
860.679.1504
Provides a list of links to statewide family listserv.

Ford Mobility Motoring Program
Ford Mobility Motoring Programs Headquarters
P.O. Box 529
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
1.800.952.2248
Provides $1,000 Financial Assistance toward the exact cost of adding adaptive equipment to a new 2002, 2003 or 2004 Ford, Lincoln or Mercury car, van or light truck and up to $200 on alerting devices for hearing impairments, lumbar seats and running boards.

General Motors
General Motors Mobility Assistance Center
100 Renaissance Center
P.O. Box 100
Detroit, MI 48265-1000
1.800.323.9935
Provides $1,000 reimbursement toward the actual costs of permanently installed eligible mobility equipment needed for the driver or passenger. Provides special financing from GMAC.

Independent Living Center (ILCS)
1.800.537.2549
860.424.4878
Private, non-profit service programs that assist persons with disabilities to achieve their maximum independence and control of their lives and to develop skills to live and work in the community. The core services are advocacy, information and referral, peer counseling and skills training. The following is a list of Connecticut's Independent Living Centers:

• Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County
  80 Ferry Boulevard, Stratford, CT 06497
  203.378.6977
• Center for Disability Rights
  764A Campbell Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06516
  860-823-1898
• Independence Northwest
  1183 New Haven Road, Naugatuck, CT 06770
  203.729.3299
• Independence Unlimited
  151 New Park Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106
  860-523-5021

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
A guide to investigating, evaluating, selecting and obtaining modified motor vehicles and equipment.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
(NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013
800.695.0285

Programs for Children With Special Health Care Needs
CSHCN Unit
Connecticut Department of Public Health
410 Capital Avenue, MS #11, MAT
P.O. Box 340308
Hartford, CT 06134-0308
860.509.7833

Regional ADA Technical Assistance Agency
New England ADA and Accessible IT Center
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
617.695.0085
1.800.949.4232

Ride-Away (adaptive vehicles)
104 Pitkin Street
East Hartford, CT 06108
860.282.8202
Fax: 860.282.8163

Saturn
Saturn Mobility
1.800.553.6000, Prompt 3

Special Child
The Resource Foundation for Children with Challenges
P.O. Box 1405
Santa Clarita, CA 91386-1405
661.298.2610
Provides educational resources and emotional support to parents and caregivers of children, adolescents, and young adults with disabilities.

State of Connecticut
Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities
Provides disability resources from State, Municipal, Federal and National disability agencies.

The Assistive Technology Loan Program
Connecticut Assistive Technology 
25 Sigourney Street, 11th Floor
Hartford, CT 06106 
860.424.4881
860.424.4839 TTY
People's Bank and the State of Connecticut Tech Act Project may provide low-interest loans to help obtain assistive technology.

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