STATUS: Open
SERVICE AREA: United States
CLIENTS SERVED: Children and adults with disabilities who need mobility, rehabilitation, or adaptive equipment.
DESCRIPTION: Ability Found is a nonprofit organization that provides new, donated, and adapted mobility and assistive equipment to individuals with disabilities at low or no cost. Assistance is based primarily on equipment needs rather than income, although applicants are expected to explore other funding options first. Requests must be submitted through a qualified professional, and equipment may be shipped nationwide. International assistance is coordinated through partner organizations.
PROGRAMS/SERVICES:
- Wheelchairs & Mobility Equipment: Manual and power wheelchairs, walking aids, gait trainers, standing frames, and adapted pediatric strollers.
- Bathroom Safety & Accessibility: Shower chairs, specialty bathing chairs, tub benches, commode chairs, adapted toilet seats, grab bars, and safety rails.
- Beds & Positioning Equipment: Hospital beds, specialty mattresses, and adapted pediatric seating and feeding chairs.
- Patient Lifts & Transfer Equipment: Patient lifts, transfer devices, and sliding boards to assist individuals with limited mobility.
- Home Accessibility Equipment: Temporary ramps, home-entry lifts, and stair lifts to improve accessibility.
- Vehicle Accessibility Equipment: Wheelchair lifts for vehicles.
- Communication & Daily Living Aids: Augmentative communication devices, hygiene aids, and other adaptive equipment.
- Respiratory Equipment: Oxygen concentrators.
- Equipment Matching & Adaptation: Helps identify new or donated equipment and adapts it to individual needs, working with qualified professionals to ensure appropriate fitting and safe use.
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- Types: Temporary and folding accessibility ramps for wheelchair users and individuals with mobility limitations.
- Availability: Based on individual needs, equipment availability, and suitability for the location.
- Cost: Available at low or no cost, depending on circumstances. Equipment placement, parts, or shipping fees may apply.
- Limitations: Does not fund permanent ramp construction or structural home modifications.
HOW TO APPLY: Equipment availability varies, and applicants may be responsible for fees, including a low-cost review, equipment placement, replacement-part, or shipping.
- Professional Referral: Individuals cannot apply directly and must be referred via a qualified professional such as a physical therapist, occupational therapist, physician, social worker, case manager, or nurse. The professional must register with Ability Found and submit the Provider Request Form on the individual’s behalf.
- No Referral Available: Individuals without a provider can call 801-505-0529, email info@abilityfound.org, or complete the Contact Form for next steps.
West Valley City
Utah
84119
United States