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What We Do
Assistive Technology for Kansans is the Kansas statewide assistive technology program and has AT Access Sites located in Oakley, Wichita, Salina, Topeka and Parsons and an equipment reuse site in Garden City. The management offices of ATK are located in Parsons.
ATK strives to improve access to and acquisition of assistive technology (AT) for individuals with disabilities and health conditions of all ages. A statewide Advisory Council provides consumer direction and input from consumers from all regions of the state. State agency and disability organization representatives also serve on the Advisory Council and help guide the program. ATK provides four core services: device demonstration, short-term equipment loan, AT reuse, and assistance in determining funding eligibility for both new and used technologies. The program also works with K-Loan to offer low interest financial loans for the purchase of AT. Through these efforts ATK works to make AT more available and accessible to individuals with disabilities and their families.
AT includes devices and services that help people hear, see, live, learn and work better. A tremendous variety of assistive technology is available today. ATK is a way to connect Kansans to AT. For more information please call 800 KAN DO IT (800-526-3648).
To contact ATK management, please call 620-421-8367 or email us at atkapps@ku.edu
Sara Sack, ATK
Director
Sheila Simmons, ATK
Coordinator
ATK
atkapps@ku.edu
2601 Gabriel
Parsons, Kansas 67357
State Map
| Western AT Access Site Assistive Technology Department of Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center 703 West Second Oakley, Kansas 67748 PHONE: (785) 672-3125 FAX: (785) 672-3175 krasmussen@nkesc.org |
South Central AT Access Site 3033 West Second, Suite 104 Wichita, Kansas 67203 PHONE: (316) 942-5444 FAX: (316) 942-3311 gayec@skilonline.com |
| North Central AT Access Site OCCK, Inc. Solution Outreach Center 2941 Centennial, PO Box 1160 Salina, Kansas 67401 PHONE: (785) 827-9383 FAX: (785) 452-9374 skieff@occk.com |
Southeast AT Access Site Southeast Kansas Independent Living 1714 Main Street Parsons, Kansas 67357 PHONE: (620) 421-6551 FAX: (620) 423-3505 vickis@skilonline.com |
Northeast AT Access Site |
Southwest KEE Affiliate Office Families Together 1518 Taylor Plaza Garden City, Kansas 67846 PHONE: (785) 673-9609 FAX: (620) 276-3488 jwindholz@nkesc.org |
ATK Advisory Council
The statewide Advisory Council provides consumer direction and input from persons with disabilities and family members from all regions of the state. State agency and disability organization representatives also serve on the Advisory Council and help guide the program. The Advisory Council develops the ATK State Plan, reviews data and directs programmatic activities.
Consumer Members
| Western Region | South Central Region |
| Gene Delaney, Ness City | Dinell Smith, Derby |
| Maria Martinez, Garden City | Lisa Herren, Wichita |
| Joella Green, Liberal | Roger Frischenmeyer, Hutchinson |
| Tami Schwindt, Garden City | |
| North Central Region | Southeast Region |
| Position open | Toni Martin, Emporia |
| Position open | Jane Greer, Erie |
| Rocky Arb, Altamont | |
| Jessica Manier, Parsons | |
| Northeast Region | |
| Ray Petty, Lawrence | |
| Robert Beach, Kansas City | |
Agency Members
Sarah Walters, Kansas Infant Toddler ServicesOpen, Kansas State Board of Education
Jane Kennedy, Services for Children with Special Health Needs
Kathy Cooper, Kansas Rehabilitation Services
Open, Community Support Services
Sandra Akpovona, Health Care Policy Authority
Open, Department for Aging and Disability
Jeanne Kessler, Higher Education (Washburn)
Shelly May, Kansas Council on Developmental Disability
Martha Gabehart, Kansas Commission on Disability Concern/Workforce Investment
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