GEORGIA AT DEPOT:

GEORGIA'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE WEBINAR

~ February 15, 2011 ~



LIZ PERSAUD: This is Liz Persaud. Welcome to

today's webinar, the Georgia AT Depot, the Georgia

Assistive Technology Depot, which is Georgia's assistive

technology cooperative.

Before we jump into the subject matter of the

webinar, I wanted to just give a brief overview of the

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and feel free just to play with those options to suit your

needs.

So with that being said, we're going to jump on

into the webinar. I wanted to let y'all know that we've

got some speakers that were supposed to be on the webinar

system that couldn't make it.

So y'all are stuck with Martha Rust and I today.

We promise that we'll do our best to cover all the aspects

of AT Depot as we're really excited to bring this new Tools

For Life venture, the new wave in our projects here at the

Tools For Life program, to you and be sure to answer your

questions as thoroughly as possible as well too.

And we're jumping on to the next slide. If y'all

are able to see it, feel free just to let me know just so

we can make sure that we're in sync.

The next slide is the agenda of what we're covering

today. If you have difficulty seeing it or it's not

showing up, just hit your "Refresh" button on the top

left-hand side, and that can refresh your screen and

hopefully pull up the PowerPoint for you as well too.

So today's agenda, I just wanted to give y'all a

quick run-through. We've got until 3 o'clock with y'all,

and we're hoping to use all of that time just to really,

you know, spend with you guys.

We really appreciate you taking time of your busy

day and your busy schedules just to join us and to learn

more about this exciting activity that we've got going on.

So just wanted to give y'all an overview of some of the

things that we're going to cover in our short time with you

today.

So we're going to define Georgia AT Depot. Again,

it's Georgia's new assistive technology cooperative. We're

going to discuss a little bit of TFL's activities, really

go through the AT Depot goal of what we're here to do and

what we really are thriving to accomplish.

Martha is going to give some examples of product

lines and savings that we've been able to work on that we

can pass on to y'all.

We're going to describe a little bit about AT Depot

customers, give you a tour of the ATDepot.org website,

discuss some other funding resources, and then of course

answer any questions or address anything that y'all would

like to bring up to us as well.

We are very excited to let you know that we do

offer credits for all of our Tools For Life webinars. We

offer CEUs and CRCs.

So for CEUs all you need to do is visit the AAC

Institute. It's www.aacinstitute.org. If you go on to

there, click on the "CEU" section, you'll be able to find

this webinar and get the information.

Now, I wanted to address -- I know a lot of you

have e-mailed me and said upcoming webinars or this current

webinar has not been posted yet.

Unfortunately, I'm working with the AAC Institute.

They're kind of slow at just getting the information up

there. So please be patient with us and just know that I'm

working on it to get the information up there to you.

So we also offer CRCs, which I know is a big hit,

and we're really excited for all of y'all joining us, and

we're really glad that we're able to offer you CRCs.

If you are in need of CRCs, send me, Liz, an e-mail

with your name, organization name, city and state and your

corresponding e-mail address. I need to have all of your

contact information to build our attendee list. It's very

important that you do that.

And also, if you could actually, in the public-chat

area, go ahead and just type in your name and your

organization and city and state that you're in, I can copy

and paste that as well too. It's really, really important.

That is for the CRCs.

MARTHA RUST: This is Martha.

CRC is for certified rehab counselors. It's a

credit that rehabilitation counselors need to get. So if

you are in need of a CRC, just go ahead and e-mail Liz.

Otherwise, definitely go for the CEUs.

LIZ PERSAUD: Thank you, Martha.

So if you guys are willing, just go ahead and type

in your name and your organization program that you're with

in the public-chat area. What that does is help us build

an attendee list, and that's really important for us to

turn in for CRCs.

So once I get your information that you are needing

CRCs, I will e-mail you the verification form, and then

y'all can handle that how you normally do.

I also wanted to let you know that this webinar is

being recorded. And we usually post those within three to

four weeks. As you can see, Kimberly Griffin, our

wonderful transcriptionist, is on with us today.

Hey, Kimberly. And we really appreciate you being

on here.

But Kimberly is great at working on transcribing

this webinar. And again, it will be on the Tools For Life

website in about three to four weeks.

And I do see comments on there that someone is

having a hard time registering for CEUs. I am definitely

working on that. I do appreciate you guys having patience

with us.

Just trying to work with the AAC Institute so they

can get their information up on the website. So I promise

you I am working on that and will do my best again just to

get that up as quickly as possible.

And again, thank you everyone for typing in your

information. That really, really helps us here at Tools

For Life so we can offer these credits to you guys.

So AT Depot. Let's get on to the content of the

webinar. This slide says "The next wave in AT Support from

the Tools For Life network."

The reason why we say "next wave in AT Support" is

because here at Tools For Life we see ourselves as really

fluid, always adjusting, always exploring new things that

are coming our way.

It's our goal to get information, resources out

there about assistive technology. But not just, "Hey,

here's a piece of technology," or, "Here's software. Isn't

this great? Don't you wish you could use it?"

But it's important for us to work on acquisition of

that. How do you get your hands on assistive technology?

And how do you work with getting the folks that you work

with assistive -- or put people with disabilities --

parents, teachers, those that are interested -- in using

assistive technology, how do they get that? How do they

afford it?

So as always, we are constantly working on getting

those new resources, working on those funding

opportunities. So this is our next wave in AT support from

the Tools For Life program and the network, bringing the AT

assistive technology cooperative to you and how we can work

with y'all to get great savings on assistive technology.

MARTHA RUST: So again, thank you all for joining

us. This, again, is Martha Rust. And we're going to go

ahead and jump into what is the Georgia AT Depot.

Well, Georgia AT Depot was an idea that we started

talking about about three years ago. And it's so cool to

see how far we have come with it.

Unfortunately, Rhonda Perling, who is kind of

over -- this is one of her projects at Tools For Life -- is

out not feeling well today. So we hope that she has a

speedy recovery. Otherwise she would be on the webinar

today too.

The Georgia AT Depot again was an idea that came

out about three years ago. It's a cooperative buying

arrangement so that individuals could buy pieces of

assistive technology for a discount which would be easier

for them to pay for.

We are working with the Maryland Assistive

Technology Cooperative, MATCOOP, with this endeavor, which

is really cool. They have been doing this for quite some

years, almost about ten years maybe, if not longer, where

they have worked with a variety of different vendors all

over Maryland and throughout.

And they have extended their savings to us here in

Georgia, so we're really excited about that. So we're

definitely working hand in hand with Maryland, MATCOOP,

right now.

We have over a hundred participating manufacturers

and publishers, so tons of pieces of equipment; instant

access to thousands of products within these one hundred

participants; and then discounts almost on all the items.

So this kind of falls into our Tools For Life --

this definitely falls into our Tools For Life mission

statement. Our mission is to increase the access and

acquisition of assistive technology devices and assistive

technology services for all Georgians of all ages and

disabilities so they can live, learn, work, and play

independently in the communities of their choice.

This is why the AT Depot just kind of naturally

falls into our mission statement, especially with the

acquisition part.

So to go along with that, we want to talk a little

bit about how this falls into our state plan as well. We

are designed to increase access and, again, acquisition of

assistive technology.

And we focus on employment, education, community

living, and IT telecommunications. You can find a lot

about us, if you're not familiar with Tools For Life, by

going to look at our website, which is www.gatfl.org.

And if you've never been there, I'd just encourage

you to go take a peek. It's full of tons of resources and

information. And again, you'll find our webinar from today

that will be on there, too, in a few weeks.

So going forward with this, the goal of the AT

Depot is to break down those barriers which prevent

individuals with disabilities to effectively acquire the

assistive technologies they need to gain greater

independence.

That was our goal for the Georgia AT Depot, is how

do we get equipment into the hands of the people that need

it at an affordable price?

And with that, we want to make sure that the AT

products are available to the Georgians with disabilities

at a much lower price.

So you'll notice throughout this webinar today is

that, with the AT Depot, we are offering products and

software at a reasonable price, a much lower price, and

trying to eliminate that funding barrier.

As we all know, funding with assistive technology

is one of the greatest barriers. So if we can break it

down just a little, that's what we're here for.

This is a map of Georgia, and we have participating

ATRC centers. So we wanted to throw the map up of Georgia

of our participating ATRC centers that are working with us

with our AT Depot.

And we have Tech-Able in Conyers, Walton Options

out in Augusta, and then Disability Connections in Macon.

And also included is CFII, the Center for Financial

Independence and Innovation, also right here in Georgia,

which is the home of our Credit-Able, our alternative

financing program for loans for pieces of equipment.

So I wanted to make sure we included them on the

map because we will be talking about them later on in this

webinar on how they can actually help assist individuals to

purchase the equipment they need.

This is just a sampling, even a little bit of a

sampling, of some of the things that are actually in our

catalog for items that are discounts.

And as you can see, I highlighted some of the top

ones that are getting a lot of requests. Like right now

7 percent off of Bagatrix products, 8 percent off Ablenet

products, 13 percent off of MagicTouch touch screen kits

and Marblesoft/Simtech software, all the way up to

20 percent off of TextHELP Read & Write Gold.

And those are the ones we just kind of highlighted

right now because we're getting a lot of requests for

those, and we know that a lot of school systems have

requested these items.

But just wanted to let you know, too, that this is

just a few of the many that are out there. We also have

Nuance with Dragon. We have discounts on that to different

types of switches to many different things.

LIZ PERSAUD: So how much can be saved with AT

Depot? That's the exciting part, is that we're saving

people money.

Already the Georgia AT Depot has saved people

12 percent on AT purchases. Thousands of dollars have

already been saved. And we're getting access to AT at

extremely amazing advantageous prices.

So that's something that we're extremely excited

about. Because, again, we're here to eliminate those

funding barriers. As Martha said, funding can be the

greatest barrier to someone getting the assistive

technology that they need.

So again, that's what AT Depot is for. And we're

so excited that really and truly thousands of dollars are

already being saved, and people are so excited that we've

been able to have that relationship with the Maryland AT

Coop as we're all negotiating prices with vendors on your

behalf.

So who are the AT Depot customers? We put this in

here because we wanted to make sure we clarify who the

AT Depot direct customers are. So these are the folks that

will submit and purchase the orders, calling the AT Depot

number or getting in touch with AT Depot via the website or

the e-mail address.

So schools and universities, public and private;

and agencies. And we said "not limited to" because, again,

they are growing numbers every day.

We have just started this endeavor. We're learning

as we go as well too. Again we've already saved thousands

of dollars. But we are learning as we expand this

throughout Georgia. So agencies like Vocational

Rehabilitation and also our participating Assistive

Technology Resource Centers here in Georgia.

Some of the indirect customers are those who need

assistive technology services that are associated with the

purchase. So folks with disabilities, families, and

businesses.

Right now our mission, as Martha said, it relates

to filling the orders and providing discounts of assistive

technology to the folks. Currently we are working on ways

that we can work directly with people with disabilities.

But for now we work directly with the schools and

with some of those other agencies, the participating

Assistive Technology Resource Centers, and via our agencies

to purchase on behalf of folks with disabilities. So we're

just trying to kind of mesh through some of those details,

if you will.

AT services, it's very important to remember, are

referred to and provided by the Tools For Life network and

the participating ATRCs. So just some very common examples

are purchasing, consulting, training on the equipment, and

also demonstrations and product implementation for

individuals as well too.

Again, this is just kind of reiterating what I

said. Individuals work through a school or an agency to

place the order. And then, again, we'll refer them to a

participating ATRC.

It's very important that we just not get the

assistive technology in the hands of folks but follow up

with the training as well too. And that's where we are

relying on the Tools For Life network and participating

ATRCs for them to really work with the folks and provide

training, description, demonstration of the assistive

technology so people are extremely and very familiar with

it.

MARTHA RUST: This is really just a flowchart of

how this process works. I'm a very visual person, so I

kind of created this flowchart just to show that a family

member or a person with a disability would meet with a

participating ATRC center to see what they need, what type

of equipment or what type of software they would like to

order.

And then that participating ATRC would then place

the order for a discount with us at Georgia AT Depot. And

we have all the forms and everything online. And we will

be going over those in just a few minutes, too, to show you

how you can order equipment.

And then us here at AT Depot, we then place the

order to MATCOOP in Maryland. So they will actually place

the order with the vendor. So it seems like a long

process, but it works kind of fast actually.

And then the vendor ships the order directly to the

participating ATRC. So that ATRC that's placing the order,

the vendor will ship it directly there. And then that

participating ATRC, again, will deliver to the person with

the disability, the family member or whatever. And then

they'll talk about support and training that comes along

with that.

So this is an example of how AT Depot and the TFL

network can work. Someone actually went out and purchased

a new computer, and they called us after their old computer

broke down and they went and bought a new one. And they

realized, after they bought the new one, it did not meet

their physical needs. It did not meet what they needed to

do for their employment and while at home. It wasn't able

to give them what they needed.

So they were referred to us and a participating

ATRC to see how we could help them in this situation. And

what it was was something simple. Their old computer just

needed to be repaired. It was a simple fix.

And our participating ATRC center, which is really

cool, went ahead and fixed the computer and met with the

individual and found out that the new software that this

individual needed could work right along on the old

computer after the repairs were made and did not really

need to make that payment for a new computer.

So that individual, in turn, was able to return

that new computer at the time because they really could not

afford a brand-new one, but they needed a computer. So

this is a really cool story of how they were given our

contact, we were able to work with them with a

participating ATRC and the AT Depot, and they were able to

get their old computer up and running and using their new

software.

So it was great. So it was a win-win for both the

participating ATRC center and the individual that needed

that. And they did return their new computer for a refund.

So they got all their money back.

So some of the benefits of working with Tools For

Life network and the participating ATRC, again, is the

product support. Again, AT Depot, we place the order, and

we don't necessarily do the support. So it's nice to have

the participating ATRC and the Tools For Life network do

the support and also training.

That's a big thing. We don't want to just make

sure someone has the software. But what are they going to

do? They get the software home. You know, if the

individual ordered Dragon, do they know that they need to

train Dragon for about 30 minutes while it gets used to the

way they talk and stuff? Do they know that? So it's good

to be involved with the participating ATRCs to get that

training.

Again, AT evaluations, services and support are

very important. So many times I've heard individuals say,

"Well, so-and-so uses this piece of equipment, and it

really works for them, and that's what I want."

And in reality, once we start talking and looking

at the piece of software, it's not exactly that software

they need; they need something with other features.

So it's really good to have the participating ATRCs

and the TFL network to be there to help with the

evaluations to see what type of features that are needed

for whatever reason.

Another thing that's really cool is the lending

libraries that we have through our network. This has been

great. Many individuals have wanted to try a piece of

equipment before they buy, and so they're able to go to the

lending libraries, and a lot of the times they're able to

check it out for a week or two, depending on their needs,

to see if that piece of equipment actually works in their

home or in their office or wherever they need it to be.

I just worked with an individual not too long ago

who wanted a voice amplifier because -- another example

that so-and-so had one, and he thought it could work for

him.

And fortunately we had two different kinds that he

could try in our lending library here. And he tried them

both and decided this is not what he needed after all. So

it was good that he got to try it before he actually went

out and bought it.

Again, product demonstrations. Able to try out and

see different products. We work really closely with

vendors. And lots of times they are able to come out and

bring a piece of equipment, software, a device and actually

do a demo for the individual to see if it's going to meet

their needs.

Funding resources. Again, I'm sorry that Rhonda

Perling is not able to be on today. She is our funding and

resource specialist with Tools For Life and works really

closely with CFII, the Center For Financial Independence &

Innovation. So she has worked with many people one on one

to find funding resources.

And then also we work really closely with FODAC,

Friends of Disabled Adults and Children in the Stone

Mountain area, on DME and AT reuse.

LIZ PERSAUD: Our vendor relationships are

extremely important. You know, Martha and I have spent our

years here at Tools For Life really networking with the

vendors, working with them to get products into the lending

libraries that we can get to use so you can get them to

your customers; and also building those relationships so,

when it came time to doing something like this venture, the

AT Depot Coop, we can say, "How can you work with us to get

discounted prices so we can offer those savings to the

people that we service?"

So, again, coordinating with the Maryland AT Coop

and their participating vendors to provide the discounts is

one of the ways that we've been working with our vendors

and being able to provide those nationwide discounts to

you.

And we also list local vendors and referral

inquiries associated with their product lines. So, for

example, vision products. We have a lot of these vendors

on our AT Depot website.

MARTHA RUST: One of the things we wanted to make

sure when we started this adventure of doing AT Depot is

that we would not hurt any of our Georgia vendors because

we have many, many great Georgia vendors.

And so before we even started this, we talked to a

lot -- we talked to as many as we knew to let them know

that we're going to do this instead of -- again, the

example of our vision products, because we have so many

great vision vendors here in Georgia, that we would refer

people directly to them and not through the AT Depot.

So again, all this information is in our product

and resource guide that Liz will be going over in just a

minute.

LIZ PERSAUD: So now I'd like to give you a tour of

the AT Depot website. It's ATDepot.org.

The next couple of slides that I have are actually

just screen shots of the AT Depot website. So when you are

finished with this webinar, please feel free at any time to

just jump on the AT Depot website, get familiar with it,

know some of the things that we're offering, our vendor

list.

If you have any questions, again, you can always

get in touch with us. So I just wanted to give you all a

quick introduction.

So this slide here shows the AT Depot home page.

It has a very brief explanation of what the AT Depot is,

the relationship with the Tools For Life program, all the

contact information.

And as you can see, across the top there's

different tabs for different aspects, and we'll go into a

few of those as well too. We're always trying to be

accessible; so you can adjust your text size on this

website as well too.

This is the orders page. This is probably the most

important page for y'all to know as you're placing your

orders and as you're sharing information about AT Depot to

other folks so they can place orders as well too.

So this is the top part of the orders page.

There's links to go to the order form or to the quote

request form. And it has a description of how to do all of

that.

And if you click on one of those links that say

"How to place an order" or "How to fill your order through

the AT Depot," you click it, and you scroll down, and it

takes you to the form, either the Microsoft Word or the PDF

or the Excel or PDF versions of how to order through AT

Depot or directions for requesting a quote.

Again, if you have any questions, we always are

referring folks to our team lead on this, Rhonda Perling.

And we have her contact information up here as well, too,

and you can get that on the AT Depot website.

But it's very self-explanatory, very easy to

follow. We didn't want to make the forms complicated for

anyone. We wanted to not create barriers but just to

promote -- our promise is, again, we try to get these

amazing prices to you guys. So again, this is the orders

page of the AT Depot website.

Placing orders. We just want y'all to be extremely

specific. Our goal is to get your order to you as quickly

as possible. Be sure to be very detailed and to go back

and double-check. If you have preferences on size, on a

color. Obviously your product number is important to

include on there as well too.

So just be very sure to indicate all the specifics

on the form so we can do our best to get the equipment to

you as quickly as possible and we don't have to give you a

call back and double-check things and whatnot. We just

want to get it in your hands as fast as we can.

This is the screen shot of the training page on the

AT Depot website. There's a lovely picture there of my

friend and coworker there, Martha Rust, conducting a

training to some folks.

But this just describes some of the training that

the Tools For Life network and participating ATRCs and the

Tools For Life team that we here at the state office

provide to folks who are interested in it.

So there's a link that will take you back to the

Tools For Life website that will go to our training page.

And this just goes into some descriptive information about

the trainings again that we offer to you.

Services. Again we wanted to provide information

about the participating ATRCs within the TFL network. And

Martha just had shared some of the services that

participating ATRCs will provide to AT Depot customers.

So things like the lending library, training

demonstration, talking to folks about funding and how to

toggle resources and whatnot. So this is the page where

you get all the information. You can click on the ATRC to

find out more about assistive technology.

And the funding. This is the tab across the top

that says "Funding." Again AT Depot falls under one of the

funding services that we here at the Tools For Life state

office provide.

So this has just got some very quick links to some

of the funding resources that we have. And again, you can

always get in touch directly with Rhonda Perling, our

funding resource benefit specialist.

And this is the Dollars & Sense funding guide --

we're actually going to talk about that in just a few

seconds; the Center for Financial Independence and

Innovation; and Credit-Able link. Again, just very quick

links to get to those funding resources.

Just wanted to mention some of our other funding

initiatives that we have, funding resources that we have

for you. Again AT Depot can be used with toggling

resources for other funding aspects.

So if you're able to cover some costs with AT

Depot, and maybe you need something else, you can use

resources on Dollars & Sense or go through the Center for

Financial Independence and Innovation.

So Dollars & Sense, go to our website. Here's a

direct link: gatfl.org/ds. Also on our home page. Very

quickly, it's a database that provides organizations that

provide -- and resources that provide funding sources for

AT devices. So the guide was developed just to make the

funding process easier. We're adding new resources

frequently.

And we go in depth more than just, "Here's a name,

number of a company or agency that can help you with

funding." We have examples of letters of medical

necessity, how to talk to your doctor, acronyms, a glossary

of terms. All of that. So we really want to be holistic

in our approach with helping people to fund assistive

technology devices and services.

And this is just a screen shot of Dollars & Sense.

As you can see, it's very relaxing when you look at it

because we don't want to make the funding process very

difficult for you. It's very self-explanatory. And again,

any questions that you have, you can always visit the Tools

For Life website or contact any one of us directly.

The Center for Financial Independence and

Innovation, or as we say, CFII, is a nonprofit organization

dedicated to helping folks with disabilities and their

family members just be more financially independent.

They have four core services that they provide:

Credit-Able, the alternative financing program; Asset

Alliance of Georgia; volunteer income tax assistance; and

financial education workshops.

All of you are more than likely very familiar with

Credit-Able, the alternative financing program. It is one

of the programs that we support with the Tools For Life

program. And again, low-interest loans for assistive

technology devices.

So Rhonda Perling often works with folks to say,

"Hey, this is Credit-Able. You can contact them." The

application process is very smooth, very easy, and this is

just another way of funding assistive technology.

So we just wanted to bring some of these funding

resources to the forefront so y'all are very familiar with

it and just kind of reminded of these things that we offer.

MARTHA RUST: Cool. Do we have any questions so

far? We're going to let the mic go for just a minute and

see if you have any questions.

We've got a few slides coming up that we've got

common questions that we receive that we want to go over,

but just want to see if there's any questions right now.

All right. I don't see or hear any questions. So

we'll just go ahead and go through these next common

questions. And this might spark something, or it may

answer what you're thinking about already.

One of the common questions we get often is: Are

the prices available for online viewing?

No. They are not published at the time because of

the request of the vendors. The vendors are actually

giving us a really good deal on some of these products, and

so they don't want us to publish that at this time. So

unfortunately they're not online for right now for viewing.

How do we get documents related to purchasing?

Again, you can just download the forms right off

the AT Depot website. And the link is listed right there.

Again, it's www.ATDepot.org/orders. Or you can call us or

call Rhonda Perling or call us at (800) 497-8665.

How do I request a price guide, and does it come in

electronic format?

Again, requests can be made by phone or e-mail, and

we will send it to you in an electronic format for you to

print out. However, we ask that you do not do this for

distribution. You can print it out and share it on the

intranet within your own school system or office but not

for distribution. Again, this comes at a request from the

vendors.

How do I calculate shipping costs?

There is a cool little formula right in the price

guide. But when you ask for quotes, we will definitely

send that back with you. So don't feel like you have to do

all types of crazy math. We will definitely calculate

those shipping costs in for you when you ask for a quote.

LIZ PERSAUD: So that actually brings us to the end

of our webinar. And I just want to release the mic just

for a few more seconds to see if there are any questions.

We want to know, was this helpful for all of you

that are attending? Is this something that you think that

you'll be able to benefit from or share the information

with other folks that they can benefit from as well?

So we're going to release the mic just for a few

seconds.

Okay. Well, it looks like we don't have any

questions or comments right now. So we're just going to

take that as y'all are loving the AT Depot, and you

understand everything that we said, and currently you don't

have any questions. Martha and I are that good.

But again, as always, please feel free to get in

touch with us if you have any more in-depth questions.

Joy is also joining us here, is also on the

webinar.

And, Joy, I'm not sure if you have a mic or not or

if you want to add any advice or words of wisdom on AT

Depot. We appreciate you jumping on the webinar for your

support. So I can release the mic for you.

JOY KNISKERN: Thank you, Liz and Martha. Can

y'all hear me okay? I just really appreciate the

opportunity to be here and appreciate your sharing this

information.

Just wanted to comment that I followed real closely

what AT Last, the Maryland assistive technology program

project, has done for the last decade.

And I know that last year, when we were looking at

partnering with them to develop the AT Depot, that they had

stated in 2010 they had over 1.2 million in sales,

primarily to school systems because school systems were

more likely to order in bulk, and that it saved their

school systems just for that one year about $119,000.

And so we're very excited about this partnership

and hope that you will be too. We really welcome your

comments and your questions, either individually to us or

through the webinar series that we're continuing to do,

about your experiences in using the AT Depot.

And again, thank you, Liz, and thank you, Martha,

for putting this together.

LIZ PERSAUD: Thank you, Joy. We really appreciate

that.

There's a question here: How do I see which items

are available?

That is the price guide that we mentioned. So if

you send us an e-mail with your request to see the price

and resource guide, we'll be happy to send that to you.

MARTHA RUST: And you can send that to

info@ATDepot.org.

LIZ PERSAUD: And we'll type that in to you in just

a few moments.

We do have an evaluation of this webinar that we

want you to help us improve on, help us fill out. So we

put the -- we have the web link here on the slide, and

Martha also wrote that in the public-chat area.

So please click on the link. Just take a few

minutes. It wouldn't take you more than three minutes. I

timed myself one time doing it. And just let us know if

this webinar was helpful. Let us know of any other topics,

as we're creating our topic list for the rest of the year,

what you would like to hear us provide information on

assistive technology services or devices as well too.

So again, we really appreciate your feedback. And

this really helps us to offer credits for all of you out

there.

So again, we truly hope that this was helpful to

you. This is all of the contact information for AT Depot.

Again, info@ATDepot.org. ATDepot.org is the website. And

Joy typed in the e-mail address, info@ATDepot.org. Joy

also said there are over 18,000 products offered, and there

are over 18,500 products and over 90 vendors offered.

18,500 products.

So thank you again, Joy. Really appreciate you

sharing those numbers. Those are a lot of products and a

lot of vendors that are willing to work with us so we can

work with you and to really get this AT at amazing prices

in your hands.

So again, we appreciate your time. Let us know if

you have any questions. Please know that this webinar will

be archived. So if you'd like to go back and reference any

information or share with folks that couldn't join us

today, please do so.

And again, Martha and I and the Tools For Life team

are always here for you. Let us know how we can be of any

assistance.

Again, thank you for your time. Take care.

Bye-bye.