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41.3. Additional Programs or Resources
Accessible Rhode Island
Phone: (401) 944-3949
Contact: Marie Perna
This list includes restaurants, museums, cinemas and cultural sites that have been surveyed according to the guidelines for identifying accessibility outlined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Hard copies of Accessible Rhode Island are available
Assistive Technology Access Partnership
Phone: (401) 462-7873
ATAP increases knowledge about and access to Assistive Technology.
Bishstrong Foundation
The Bishstrong Foundation provides adaptive equipment grants up to $5000 for individuals living with paralysis due to spinal cord injury or other paralysis condition. Priority given to New England Residents. Application period reopens in February 2027. Applications are reviewed after the March 31st deadline — recipients are notified in April. To learn more about their grant visit: Grants – Bishstrong Foundation.
Easter Seals Rhode Island
Phone: 401-284-1000
Easter Seals provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play in their communities
Jack Trottier Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury
Location: Tyngsboro, MA
Email: info@jacktrottierfoundation.org
The Jack Trottier Foundation mission is to positively impact individuals living with a spinal cord injury to create independence, access new and innovative opportunities, and provide resources that promote a better quality of life. They offer Quality of Life Grants for New Englanders who have sustained a traumatic spinal cord injury for equipment and modification needs. To learn more about their grants, please visit https://www.jacktrottierfoundation.org/about-2-1.
Rewarding Work
1-866-212-9675
The Rewarding Work website gives older people and individuals with disabilities the choice of hiring staff directly and allows them control of the process of hiring personal assistants. The site also provides private agencies a resource to assist in recruitment of direct support professionals and other staff. You can get names, contact information, and availability of direct care workers and agencies that provide respite services or personal care, review their experience, and learn if they are available to work mornings, days, evenings, overnight, or weekends.
Rhode Island Parent Information Network
Phone: (800) 464-3399
The Rhode Island Parent Information Network (RIPIN) is a statewide, nonprofit agency that provides information, training, support and advocacy to parents seeking help for their children.
Sail To Prevail
Phone: 401-849-8898
Sail To Prevail creates opportunities for disabled children and adults to overcome adversity through therapeutic sailing.
Operating in several states, Sail To Prevail teaches over 1,500 people with disability the skills of sailing in our fleet of specially adapted sailboats each year. The measurable outcomes demonstrate self-confidence, leadership and teamwork. First time and experienced sailors are welcome at Sail To Prevail. Our program is available to all people with disabilities and has programs designed to meet specific needs.
Stride SCI
Location: Greenwich, RI
Phone: 860-258-9886
Stride SCI is a nonprofit that empowers individuals living with paralysis through personalized, activity-based training that promotes strength, independence, and lifelong wellness. Staffed by kinesiologists and exercise science professionals, rather than physical or occupational therapists, their training complements the care you receive from your medical team rather than replacing it. Their specialists hold graduate degrees in exercise science and NASM-CPT certification.
TechACCESS of Rhode Island
Phone: (800) 916-8324
TechACCESS of RI is a private, not for profit resource center that serves people with disabilities who are interested in assistive technology. Assistive Technology is any device which helps a person with a disability function better at home, work, school, or in the community.
