Welcome

The Rhode Island Assistive Technology Access Partnership (ATAP) is designed as a statewide partnership of organizations, each with a targeted assistive technology focus, working together to improve access to and acquisition of assistive technology for individuals with disabilities.

ATAP's main initiatives include:

  • Device Demonstration
  • Device Loan
  • Device Re-Use
  • Training, Public Awareness, Collaboration, Information & Referral

ATAP Partners include Adaptive Telephone Equipment Loan Program (ATEL), East Bay Educational Collaborative (EBEC), Ocean State Center for Independent Living (OSCIL), and TechACCESS of RI. Please take a minute to visit their websites listed to the left to see what services they offer.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (401) 462.7917 or by email at melanie.sbardella@ors.ri.gov.

Melanie Sbardella
ATAP Program Director

 

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This project was supported, in part, by grant #1601RISGAT, from the US Administration for Community Living, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC 20201.
Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Administration for Community Living policy.
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Last updated: April 1, 2016