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“Financial Freedom: Borrowing for Assistive Technology”

Kathy Adams OTR, ATP Maine CITE

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Financial Freedom is

POWER!

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Alpha One, Maine’s Statewide CIL, created the guide with a grant from

The National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE)

www.alphaonenow.org

www.nefe.org

The Financial Freedom Guide, is brought to you by…

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• Living with a Disability is expensive $$$$$• Limited third party reimbursement for AT, since it is often

deemed “non medical”

• There has been an explosion in the availability of AT over the last 25 years---so many options & choices!

• There is added burden of cost for many basic needs…ie: • Housing that needs to be accessible• Transportation--Vehicles that need to be adapted

The Challenges to gaining Financial Freedom

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• Organizations can use the Financial Freedom guide in a peer group setting…or individually

• Alpha One has a companion guide for use by teaching staff

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Financial Freedom has 7 chapters

• Finance Basics

• Organize your Financial Life

• Live your Financial Life

• Get out of Debt, Free

• Financial Education Resources

• AT and Insurance Implications

• AT Resources

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More Resources

The Institute of Consumer Financial Education

www.icfe.org

Institute of Financial Literacywww.financiallit.org

2009 Annual ConferenceOct 21-23 in Philly

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Thank you!