Ways to get an iPad...
1) Before you start RESEARCH. Devices, APPs, and accessories=cost, not just the device alone.
2) Self-pay is the easiest way to secure a device, but not everyone can afford this method. Here are some ideas to make it possible:
- Have bank automatically deduct funds from your account
- Home Party (Cookie Lee Jewelry, Longaberger, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Scentsy…)
- Ask family and friends to give birthday/holiday gifts as iTunes cards
- Businesses offering percentage for your cause.
- Community outreach—local newspapers & TV stations, share your story.
- Local charities (Boy Scouts, church groups, fraternal organizations, VFW…)
- Garage Sale (Don’t have items to sell, get great items you can sell at www.craigslist.org in the FREE section and www.freecycle.org.)
3) The following sites/companies allow you to set up an account for your individual child and forward site to family and friends. They can donate or purchase items for your cause.
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www.thepuzzlingpiece.com sell 60 items you are mailed a new iPad
4) Raffles and Giveaways
*Deadlines always changing and they usually are raising money then give one iPad away at a time. Keep checking back!!!
5) Medical Insurance Coverage for iPads and/or apps (Full Article)
6) Writing Assistive Technology into the IEP - Describe the AT with features needed, NOT by the name of specific device
Assistive Tech Eval---bring your own device to show benefits
7) GRANTS - application process that usually requires denial of payment from another source, such as insurance. Specific guidelines and deadlines.
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www.andrewsgift26.com residents of Dauphin, Cumberland, and Perry counties in PA
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www.daniellesfoundation.org Must have Cerebral Palsy or Brain Injury
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www.dannyswish.org any age with ASD
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www.itaalk.org must have ASD
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www.jakeshelpfromheaven.org residents of 100 miles of Saratoga, NY
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www.jasmynnsvoice.org residents of SE Michigan with non verbal person with autism
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www.lilmackids.org Ohio residents only
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www.nationalautismassociation.org NAA's Give a Voice Program
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www.nwoapraxiasupport.org residents of NW Ohio and SE MI
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www.silentstars.org/ iPads for Apraxia
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www.specialkidstherapy.org -Ohio residents only
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www.ucp.org Bellows Fund administered by your local United Cerebral Palsy Affiliate
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www.zanesfoundation.org - NE Ohio residents only
Grants for APPs
www.itaalk.org/resources/appfacilitatorprogram.html