Borrow AT Devices
Connecticut’s AT Lending Libraries
Lending libraries allow you to try out AT devices and determine whether they’re a good fit for students, with no risk.
CREC AT Lending Library
111 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, 06106The Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) has been providing educational services and supports to member school districts since 1966. CREC’s AT program provides up to 6-week short-term loans to AT Consortium members. These loans assist school-based teams, including families, with making decisions regarding AT use in the schools and/or to provide loans if equipment is broken. Additionally, teams can borrow AT tools in order to improve their own professional learning surrounding those devices, or to complete AT evaluations or trials.
What’s available?
Tablets, laptops, Chromebooks, smart pens, switches, communication devices, joysticks, mouse, and more.
Who’s eligible?
Members of CREC’s AT Consortium.
How much does it cost?
Free
CT Library for Accessible Books
231 Capitol Avenue, 06106, CT 06106The CT Library for Accessible Books is formerly known as the CT Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped.
What’s available?
Books and magazines in audio and braille formats.
Who’s eligible?
Connecticut residents unable to read regular print due to a visual, reading, or physical disability.
How much does it cost?
Free
CT SERC Library
175 Union Street, Waterbury, CT 06706The Library at the State Education Resource Center (SERC) is Connecticut’s only statewide public educational library of its kind. Established in 1969 as the Special Education Resource Center, the Library was one of the first initiatives of SERC and initially focused on serving educators who worked with K-12 students with disabilities. The SERC Library was originally housed in a small classroom and an all-purpose media/materials room located at the Gengras Center for Exceptional Children at St. Joseph College.
What’s available?
Abacuses, books, cameras, communication, daily living, ipads, keyboards, magnifiers, mice, mounting arms, notebooks, scissors, smart pens, stands, styluses, switches, telephones, timers, toys, writing grips, writing templates, and more.
Who’s eligible?
Anyone that works, lives, or goes to school in CT and can provide valid ID.
How much does it cost?
Free
CT Tech Act Project
55 Farmington Avenue, 12th Floor, Hartford, CT 06105The CT Tech Act Project offers a variety of Assistive Technology services including AT device demonstrations and lending centers, programs to help teach how to use mobile technology, and funding resources including a financial loan program.
What’s available?
AT device demonstrations, AT device lending, AT training, free equipment and training for individuals who are Deaf and Blind and a financial loan program to fund AT devices and services
Who’s eligible?
Based on the programs and services needed, there may or may not be eligibility criteria. You can learn more about eligibility for specific CT Tech Act Project services at our website
Loan amounts available:
$500 to $30,000
EASTCONN Lending Library
376 Hartford Turnpike, Hampton, CT 06247EASTCONN has been providing educational services and supports to member school districts since 1980. EASTCONN’s AT Services provide up to 6-week short-term loans to AT Consortium members. These loans assist school-based teams, including families, with making decisions regarding AT use in the schools and/or to provide loans if equipment is broken. Additionally, teams can loan AT tools in order to improve their own professional learning surrounding those devices.
Contact Amy Norton for more details.
What’s available?
Tablets, laptops, Chromebooks, smart pens, switches, communication devices, joysticks, mouse, and more.
Who’s eligible?
Members of the EASTCONN Assistive Technology Consortium
How much does it cost?
Free
NEAT Lending Library
33 Coventry Street, Hartford, CT 06112The NEAT Lending Library provides short-term loans (30 days) of assistive technology devices. These devices can be borrowed to support the decision-making process, to serve as a short-term loan while a device is purchased or fixed, to incorporate into demonstrations during professional development opportunities, and/or to assist in school-led AT Evaluation trials. NEAT members can also borrow AT tools to learn about their features for their own professional growth and capacity building purposes.
What’s available?
Low-tech to high-tech devices including Apple Watches, Amazon Echos and Dots, amplification systems, video game controllers, iPads with iOS apps, Chromebooks with Chrome extensions, Livescribe pens, alternative mice and keyboards, capability switches, GoTalks, laptops with special education software, and more.
Who’s eligible?
NEAT Members
How much does it cost?
Free to NEAT Members
UCP Lending Library
42 Norwich Road, Quaker Hill, 06375What’s available?
Items related to computer accessibility, education, environmental adaptations, independent living, learning, cognition, and development, mobility, recreation, sensory, speech, communication, and more.
Who’s eligible?
Individuals with disabilities of any type
How much does it cost?
Free
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