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34.4. Additional Programs or Resources
Angel Flight
Phone: (877) 426-2643
Phone: (770) 452-7958
Angel Flight arranges free air transportation for people that have a medical need that can't be filled in their local area. Angel Flight serves primarily patients who are traveling from, to or through the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and the Carolinas. Our organization believes that the cost of travel should never stand in the way of receiving medical care.
Arts Access Inc of Raleigh, NC
Phone: (919) 833-9919
We advocate for arts accessibility throughout the Triangle area of North Carolina; provide audio description for theatre patrons who are blind or have low vision; refer arts administrators to sign language interpreters; and provide accessibility training to arts organizations and arts accessibility information to the public.
Back to Independence Rehab, LLC
BTI Rehab offers specialized, post-hospitalization neuro fitness training and aquatic exercise sessions with our exercise physiologists to continue improvement after, between, or in conjunction with occupational and physical therapy. Our program incorporates postural correction, weight-bearing/gravitational loading, motor control training, patterned gait training, and much more! Our recovery team is comprised of specialized trainers that know how to get every one out of their wheelchair, promote neuroplasticity, and exercise for paralysis recovery and health benefits. BTI rehab has a wide variety of equipment to perform activity based therapies. Also offers monthly peer support groups, group workouts, aquatic therapy and occupational therapy.
Back to Independence Rehab, LLC
4801 Chastain Ave, Suite 194
Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone (980) 272-7105Fax 800-974-4542
Buncombe County Medical Society Foundation - Project Access
Phone: (828) 274-6989
BCMSF Project Access is an innovative physician volunteer initiative providing access to comprehensive medical care for low-income uninsured Buncombe County residents.
Carolina Crash
Phone: (704) 355-1063
The Carolina Crash is a wheelchair/quad rugby team for men and women. Quad Rugby is a collision sport as well as a paralympic medal sport since it's debut at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, GA. The Crash is the only Western, NC quad rugby team and one of only two programs in the state.
Disability Rights North Carolina
Phone: (877) 235-4210
Disability Rights helps people across North Carolina gain access to services and opportunity through its advocacy and legal expertise. We regularly challenge systems and society to create positive change and improve the lives of people with disabilities.
Easterseals UCP North Carolina & Virginia
Phone: (800) 662-7119
Easter Seals UCP's array of services includes child development centers, therapy, community inclusion services, residential living, supported employment, in-home and community-based supports, respite care, disability benefits counseling, information and referral, and advocacy.
Family Support Network of North Carolina
Phone: (800) 852-0042
Family Support Network of North Carolina promotes and provides support for families with children who have special needs through its family support services; education and outreach activities; research and evaluation; and other projects.
North Carolina AgrAbility
Phone: 336-340-2970
The mission of NC AgrAbility is to educate and assist farmers, ranchers, farmworkers and their family members engaged in production agriculture who are living with disabilities to enable them to stay actively engaged in production agriculture, agriculture-related occupations, and/or daily life.
Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte
704.891.1909
Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte is an affiliate of the National Rebuilding Together working to preserve affordable home ownership and revitalize communities. Our vision is safe homes and communities for everyone. In Charlotte, Rebuilding Together mobilizes community volunteers and contractors to provide repairs that make homes safer, healthier, more accessible and more energy efficient for elderly, low-income, disabled and veteran homeowners.
Rebuilding Together of the Triangle
(919) 341-5980
Rebuilding Together of the Triangle seeks to make a sustainable impact on preserving and revitalizing homes and communities, assuring that low-income homeowners, from the elderly and disabled to families with children, live in warmth, safety, and independence.
R L Mace Universal Design Institute
the Ronald L. Mace Universal Design Institute (The Institute) is a non-profit organization based in North Carolina dedicated to promoting the concept and practice of accessible and universal design. The Institute's work manifests the belief that all new environments and products, to the greatest extent possible, should and can be usable by everyone regardless of age, ability, or circumstance. The Institute advances the concept of universal design in all design disciplines, including housing, public-use buildings, outdoor and urban environments and related products.
rduncan@udinstitute.org
The Exceptional Children's Assistance Center (ECAC)
Phone: (800) 962-6817
The Exceptional Children's Assistance Center is a private non-profit parent organization committed to improving the lives and education of ALL children through a special emphasis on children with disabilities.
