Resource and Donation Guide for Those with Special Needs

Special needs children around the world, including the U.S, often have a hard time getting the equipment that they need to become mobile. There are a lot of resources for parents in need of a mobile device for their child, adults in need of mobility devices,  and individuals looking to make a donation to the special needs community. 

Wheelchairs:

Alternatives in Motion
alternativesinmotion.org
Mission: Provide wheelchairs to individuals who do not qualify for other assistance, and who could not obtain such equipment without financial aid.

Arthur B. Schultz Foundation
absfoundation.org
Mission: We hope to address the overwhelming need for appropriate wheelchairs and other mobility aids in the developing world by supporting a variety of innovative and replicable mobility solutions

Chariots of Hope
chariotsofhope.org
Mission: Chariots of Hope, a nonprofit organization, has been established for the purpose of collecting used wheelchairs. The donated wheelchairs are then repaired and distributed, at no cost to the recipient, to those in need.

Free Wheelchair Mission
freewheelchairmission.org
Mission: Our mission is to transform lives through the gift of mobility to the physically disabled poor in developing countries as motivated by Jesus Christ.

Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC)
fodac.org
Mission: FODAC is a statewide (Georgia) and national provider of home health care equipment—mobility aids and daily living devices for people with disabilities and the newly injured

Hope Haven International
hopehaveninternational.org
Mission: Assist persons with disabilities to reach their potential. This purpose is accomplished by providing support for the development of opportunities for improving the economic and social welfare and independence of people with disabilities within countries and cultures throughout the world. This ministry, as with all of Hope Haven’s services, is “a ministry of Christian mercy based on the conviction that God’s Word speaks to and directs all of life.”

Intelligent Mobility International
intelligentmobility.org
Mission: Empower individuals with disabilities by designing and producing safe, durable wheelchairs and mobility devices suitable for the terrain in developing countries.

Kansas Equipment Exchange
equipmentexchange.ku.edu
Mission: Medical equipment and assistive technology for those in need living in Kansas . Accepts wheelchair donations, hospital beds, lifts and other medical equipment

The Kids Equipment Network
www.tken.org
Mission: Help Chicago area children whose families have insufficient or no funding for essential equipment, by providing  new and refurbished adaptive equipment.

LifeNets – The Wheelchair Project
lifenets.org
Mission: Develop programs offering practical assistance that promote the well being and self sufficiency of disadvantaged people throughout the world and, where possible, encourages them to pass on their LifeNets benefit to others.

Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA)
http://www.mda.org/equipment.html
Mission: MDA assists individuals with obtaining durable medical equipment through its national equipment loan program and referrals to community resources.

Orphaned Wheelchairs and The Wheelchair Foundation
wheelchairfoundation.org
Mission: Create awareness of the needs and abilities of people with physical disabilities, to promote the joy of giving, create global friendship, and to deliver a wheelchair to every child, teen and adult in the world who needs one, but cannot afford one. For these people, the Wheelchair Foundation delivers Hope, Mobility and Independence.

Wheelchair Recycling Program
wrp.org
Mission: The Wheelchair Recycling Program offers low cost, refurbished mobility and medical equipment to those who lack the resources to acquire new equipment in the Wisconsin area. Out of state resources are available on a limited basis.

Wheels for Humanity
wheelsforhumanity.org
Mission: Refurbish donated wheelchairs and hand fit them to children and adults with disabilities in developing nations.

Wine for Wheels
Wineforwheels.org
Mission: Wine for Wheels is an International Association of Wine Enthusiasts dedicated to the “Fruit of the Vine” and bringing Great Wine, Fine Cuisine, and Good Friends together for the purpose of providing Wheelchairs and mobility to those in need. It is all about Wine and Culinary Appreciation, and Education for a philanthropic cause.

Joni and Friends: WHEELS FOR THE WORLD
http://www.joniandfriends.org/wftw_chaircorp.php
Mission: Wheels for the World aims to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the disabled around the world by providing wheelchairs and sharing the love of Jesus Christ. We also do this by connecting the disabled with the church through creating disability awareness and by educating and training the local churches in disability ministry.