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Refurbished equipment

I'm on the equipment search for Gracie. We've decided to adapt her current wheelchair so that it actually works for her and NOT pursue power wheelchair at this time. This plan seems more practical for our first time moving to Uganda! But I also need to get her a light weight stroller with a seating/positioning system - this can get expensive, so I'm looking into refurbished equipment.

If anyone has used the Special Tomatos MPS (Multipositioning system), let me know your thoughts on it! It would be very useful to have an all-in-one system that can be used in the house, in a restaurant or school (on a regular chair), in the car as her carseat, and as a stroller.

Here are some links to useful sites regarding refurbished equipment in New England. If you know of others, please comment! Thanks!

http://www.getatstuff.org/

http://www.massfamilyties.org/directory/assistive_technology.pdf

Pass It On
PO Box 2120
Mashpee, MA 02649
Contact: George Navin
Accepts and donates used equipment. 800-267-6768 MA only
508-477-6966

Ayers Handicap Conversion Center
440-B E Squantum, Suite 10
North Quincy, MA 02171
Web site: http://www.ayershandicapvans.com
Accepts and loans used equipment. 800-328-5489
617-328-0102

Refurbished Equipment Marketplace
New Hampshire Assistive Technology Center
84A Ironworks Rd
Concord, NH 03301
Website: http://www.nhassistivetechnology.org/rem.htm
Sells donated equipment. Loans software, but not computers. 800-427-3338 NH only
603-224-7630

New England Assistive Technology (NEAT) Marketplace
120 Holcomb St
Hartford, CT 06112
Website: www.neatmarketplace.org
Email: info@neatmarketplace.org
866-526-4492
860-243-2869
860-286-3111 FAX

Vermont AT Project
103 S Main St Weeks Bldg
Waterbury, VT 05671-2305
Website: http://www.dad.state.vt.us/atp/
800-750-6355 VT only
802-241-2620

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