Oklahoma ABLE Tech May 2021 Edition

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2020 National Rankings

Oklahoma ABLE Tech is proud to report these national rankings for FFY20 as compared to other Assistive Technology (A.T.) Act Programs.

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  • Device Demonstration: #1 out of 55 programs participating with a total of 6,105
  • Device Short-Term Loan: #2 out of 55 programs with a total of 2,605
  • Financial Loans: #1 out of 30 programs participating with a total of 338
  • Device Exchange: #1 out of 25 programs participating with a total of 11,899
  • Device Reuse: #15 out of 53 programs participating with a total of 1,375 

State Leadership A.T. Act Programs

  • Training: #8 out of 56 programs participating with a total of 3,200 
  • Information and Assistance: #4 out of 56 programs participating with a total of 11,308

SoonerStart & ABLE Tech Collaboration:

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Tulsa County Success Story

Meet Gus, who is a bright, outgoing two-year-old boy from Tulsa. He and his SoonerStart provider is this quarter's feature story. They took advantage of a Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) application on an iPad provided through ABLE Tech’s Device Demonstration Program.

Read more about Gus's success on the newsletter webpage.


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Device Demonstration Program Success Story

Evan is a 5-year-old from Cleveland County who receives speech therapy services through Moore Autism Center, one of ABLE Tech’s assistive technology (A.T.) demonstration partners. He was introduced to an iPad with the communication app, Proloquo2Go. After trialing three other speech-generating devices without a successful outcome, Proloquo2Go was a win! See story on ABLE Tech's May Newsletter webpage.

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Device Loan Device Feature

The Allora 2 is elegantly designed for face-to-face communication. The detachable display/speaker can be worn around the neck on a lanyard, or given to someone to read the message, placed in the middle of the table for a meeting or at the restaurant, or you can attach it to the back of the car headrest for the back seat passenger to read.

The speech output uses a high-quality intelligible Realspeak speech synthesizer and dual forward-facing stereo speakers for maximum volume.  Check out the Allora 2 in ABLE Tech's inventory webpage.

Reutilization Program News

Oklahomans are on the move thanks to ABLE Tech’s Device Reutilization Program. Following some generous donations, Oklahoma ABLE Tech’s Device Reutilization Program has been able to retrieve, refurbish, repair, and reassign gently-used mobility equipment to individuals across the state. See story on ABLE Tech's May Newsletter webpage.

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Financial Loan Success Story

Patricia of Antlers lives in an area outside of public transportation and, due to a physical disability, is unable to independently transfer from her wheelchair to a seat in a vehicle. A wheelchair-accessible vehicle loan allowed her to continue with everyday activities. See story on ABLE Tech's May Newsletter webpage.

Information and Communication Technology (I.C.T.) Accessibility Update

A little over one year ago, just before the pandemic arrived in Oklahoma, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services updated the state's technology accessibility standards. The new standards went into effect on March 1, 2020. About two weeks later, attention moved to focus on making programs and interactions available online. See story on ABLE Tech's May Newsletter webpage.


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Oklahoma ABLE Tech

Oklahoma State University

1514 W. Hall of Fame

Stillwater, OK 74078

Phone: 800.257.1705

Email: abletech@okstate.edu