Free Wheelchairs

UCP’s durable medical equipment reuse program provides free refurbished equipment to people with disabilities and seniors in Western MA. This durable medical equipment can be used short or long term and insurance is not necessary. They encourage people who take part in this program to return the durable medical equipment if they no longer need it.

The Association of Blind Citizens operates the Assistive Technology Fund. The Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) will provide funds to cover 50% of the retail price of adaptive devices or software. The ABC board of directors believes that this program will allow blind and visually impaired individuals access to technology products that will have a significant impact on improving employment opportunities, increase the level of independence and enhance their overall quality of life.

The products covered by this program must retail for a minimum of $200 with a maximum retail price of $6,000. 

The ALS Association multi-disciplinary ALS clinic provides high quality, comprehensive care for people with ALS and their families.  The clinic is proud to carry The ALS Association certification as a Center of Excellence.

Donated and recycled durable medical equipment is available for loan to ALS patients, based on medical and financial need, and is free of charge. They gratefully accept donations of quality medical goods to maintain the loan closet inventory. For more information about Equipment Loan Closet, please contact.

Bay Area Center for Independent Living, Inc’s mission is to serve individuals with disabilities living across Maryland’s Eastern Shore.  Bay Area CIL provides assessments and guidance for device choices, offers temporary loans for trial purposes and helps locate funding resources for purchases.  The AT program is sponsored through Maryland’s Assistive Technology (MD TAP) and the United Way of the Eastern Shore. Bay Area CIL also works with the Maryland Technology Assistance Program (MD TAP) to provide temporary portable ramps to those individuals who need wheelchair access to their homes.

The Baltimore County Department of Aging’s Loan Closet lends wheelchairs to Baltimore County residents age 60 or over. The only cost is a refundable deposit of $25. Also available are tub rails, bath chairs, walkers, and other types of equipment at no cost. Call to determine the availability of equipment.

Bay Area Center for Independent Living promotes access to community resources and support for people with disabilities and their families through programs which offer choices, preserve dignity and increase independence for an improved quality of life across the nine counties of Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

They serve the areas of Eastern Shore (Caroline, Cecil, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne's, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties). They serve all ages and no referral is required. 

Bay Area CIL provides assessments and guidance for device choice, offers temporary loans for trial purposes and helps locate funding resources for purchases. The AT program is sponsored through Maryland’s Assistive Technology Program (MD TAP) and the United Way of the Eastern Shore.

Calvert County Office on Aging serves as the Area Agency on Aging. Area Agency on Aging is spread all across the US and they are a great resource to find information, referrals, and funding sources.

The Aging & Senior Programs Division maintains a medical equipment loan closet to facilitate the temporary provision of durable medical equipment to qualified persons. Supplies are limited to what is on hand at the time of the request but generally consist of walkers, canes, bath/shower benches, and transport wheelchairs. Please fill this contact form to apply.

The Maryland Department of Aging is providing durable medical equipment (DME) to Marylanders with any illness, injury, or disability, regardless of age, at no cost. All equipment will be sanitized, repaired, and redistributed to Marylanders in need.

This service will improve the quality of life for many Maryland residents and provides them with the opportunity to avoid costlier levels of care. 

For the past 79 years, Federated Charities has had walkers, canes, wheelchairs and other devices available for lending through its Equipment Loan Closet. Last year, more than 2,000 pieces were lent and returned.

Most of the equipment has been donated. Smaller pieces include folding walkers, sock pullers, grippers, trapeze bars, long-handled shoehorns and elevated toilet seats.

Equipment is donated by service organizations including the Kiwanis and Lions clubs, and by individuals. The cost of the equipment is tax-deductible. It is all sanitized before being lent, and after each time it is returned.

The Freedom Center is a consumer-controlled, community-based nonprofit organization committed to providing a wide array of services to assist individuals with disabilities to live independently, pursue meaningful goals, and have the same opportunities and choices as all persons. 

The mission is to offer services and supports to empower individuals with disabilities to lead self-directed, independent, and productive lives in a barrier-free community.

They lend medical equipment including bedside commodes, shower chairs, wheelchairs, walkers, rollers, canes and other various medical equipment to county residents.  No hospital beds.  Donations are accepted. 

Harford County ‎ Aging & Disability Resource Center Provides curb-to-curb, in-county transportation to senior citizens and persons with disabilities for medical appointments, rides to senior centers and for general purposes.  Advanced reservations are necessary. Appointments can be scheduled up to 90 days in advance.  Bus vouchers may be purchased through the Harford Transit LINK. They also provide Provides medical transportation to eligible Medical Assistance recipients.

The Jill Fox Memorial Fund provides grants to individuals with unmet medical and healthcare needs not paid for by medical insurance, government agencies, health associations, community organizations, public or personal resources. However, Individuals can not submit applications on their own behalf and JFM accepts applications from degreed social workers or healthcare professionals (RN, Occupational, Speech or Physical Therapist, Physician, Case Manager, etc.)

Lutheran Church of St. Andrew has a loan closet and provides medical equipment to people who can’t afford it.  

The Assistive Technology Loan Program helps Maryland residents with disabilities and their families qualify for low-interest loans to buy equipment that will help them live, work, and learn more independently.

The Maryland Assistive Technology Equipment Reuse page is a project of the MD Technology Assistance Program. Find equipment and assistive technology after its initial use.  Items such as communication devices, walkers, adaptive switches and toys, adapted vehicles, magnifiers, beds, lifts, adapted keyboards, etc.

The Mount Airy Lions Club maintains one of the largest hospital equipment inventories in District 22W of Lions Clubs International. They will loan out this equipment to those in need in our service area.  Borrowing this equipment is always subject to the availability of the inventory that they have on hand when you make your request. You will be required to provide photo identification and sign an agreement promising to maintain the equipment in the same condition you received it and return the equipment as soon as the need for its use ends.

MDA’s national equipment program helps provide good-condition, gently used wheelchairs and other medical equipment, such as shower chairs, hospital beds, walkers, canes, communication devices, and similar items, when available and as feasible.

Partners In Care is a private non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization with locations at Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, and Upper Shore. They are offering programs and services that support the independence of older adults in our communities through transportation, handyman repairs, person-centered support, and social engagement programs. In exchange, members ask for assistance when needed.

Howard County has a medical equipment loan closet for people who can’t afford the equipment they need to live an independent life. A medical referral completed on a Loan Closet Referral FORM is required from a qualified healthcare professional (PT, OT or MD) to receive equipment. Client or Caregiver must be a Howard County resident.

HDI CATS is a member of the Kentucky Assistive Technology Services (KATS) Network serving Lexington and the surrounding region. They offer demonstrations, lending library, and provide loans of assistive devices to individuals and families in the Bluegrass. They also train professionals, communities, and students, thus furthering the reach and impact of work they are doing.

SOS is a Louisville, Kentucky-based nonprofit organization that meets critical health care needs in medically impoverished communities around the world by redistributing medical donations (surplus medical supplies and medical equipment) from where there is surplus to where they are needed. 

SOS promotes environmental stewardship, partnering with hospitals and others to recover and send what would otherwise go to landfills. Since 1993, they have saved more than one million pounds of medical equipment and supplies from landfills, and brought health and hope to 105 countries around the globe.

The Northern Kentucky Council of St. Vincent de Paul is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and a chapter of the international organization.

They maintain a Medical Equipment Loan Closet whose purpose is to provide temporary assistance to individuals in need of medical equipment when other sources are unavailable. A variety of donated items are offered at no cost for use during your home recovery. Items for the loan are shower chairs/benches, transfer benches, walkers, walkers, bedside commodes, canes, toilet seat risers, and wheelchairs. Please call the Assistance Office to check if an item is available.

The Center for Accessible Living is an innovative leader in empowering all people to achieve their goal of independent living while involving the entire community. They have an equipment loan and marketplace program. Equipment Loans are provided based on availability through equipment donations only. Consumers may borrow equipment dependent on availability. Durable medical goods; mobility devices such as canes, crutches, walkers; portable ramps; shower chairs or potty chairs; scooters, manual and power chairs.

A Directory by Kentucky Department of Transportation listing the organizations that provide transport. Some of these services are free for seniors and disabled individuals. You might have to contact some providers to see if they offer transportation services for free or at a reduced cost.

Appalachia Service Project is a hands-on home-repair ministry that is sponsored locally by Jesse Lee Church. It is about making a huge difference for families who live in the mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina, some of the most poverty-stricken areas of our country. They work to make their homes warmer, safer and drier. They build wheelchair ramp sections, and they are available to those in need. You can apply for the ramp here.

The Ford and UAW joint initiatives are national and local. At both levels, they address matters of common concern in areas such as product quality, education, and development, employee involvement, team structures, work technical skills redesign, health and safety, ergonomics, employee assistance, apprenticeship, and labor-management studies. They have a wheelchair ramp program. Apply here.

ARISE’s Home Modification Programs can help you make your home accessible. These programs assist with adaptions so that you can remain in or return to your home rather than enter or stay in a nursing home or other institutional setting.

To become eligible you must be a renter or homeowner living in Oswego County, have a permanent disability or have difficulty with daily living activities, and you must meet income eligibility requirements.

The ARTC is one of twelve Regional TRAID Centers (RTC’s) operating within the State of New York. The goal of the program is to improve access to, and acquisition of, assistive technology devices and services for persons with disabilities of all ages and all disabilities within Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence Counties.

The core functions of the TRAID Program include assistive device re-utilization, device demonstration, device loans, and information dissemination and training.

This is a guide published by the National Disability Institute. This guide has been prepared in an effort to strengthen awareness of Assistive Technology (AT)

funding and service programs. If you or someone you know is in need of AT, one or more of the

six listings may help you to find and pay for the AT that best meets your needs.

Project Adapt is AccessCNY’s assistive technology lending library. The library’s large inventory serves individuals of all abilities.  Families borrow items, use them and return them for others to enjoy. The library features a variety of items:  Adapted toys and games to help children learn through play, while teaching and reinforcing developmental skills; Wheelchairs and walkers allow users the independence to move freely. A short-term loan can help a person with a disability stay in their home; Augmentative communication devices give people with speech difficulties the confidence and ability to carry on conversations with their family and friends and be part of their community; the library’s bike program allows children to experience one of the great activities of childhood. The program matches children with the bike that fits their ability whether a tricycle, recumbent bike or hand-cycle.

ADAPT Community Network is a participant in the New York State Assistive Technology Act Program (TRAID) as the New York City regional center for technology. They provide free assistance for all New York City children and adults; educating and acquiring Assistive Technology for them, allowing more independence in the home, school, workplace, and community.

They offer hands-on use of adapted toys and switches, adapted computers and peripherals, wheelchairs and inserts, augmentative communication systems, daily living devices, home, and workplace modifications, environmental control units, adapted telephones and much more.

Broome County Council of Churches’ Ramp It Up Youth Mentoring Initiative is a volunteer mission to promote service, learning and community involvement for youth. Residents in need are provided easier home access, while the kids learn teamwork, community involvement, and pride, along with a basic knowledge of carpentry skills.

The Equipment Loan Fund assists New Yorkers with disabilities to obtain adaptive equipment like wheelchairs, van lifts, ramps, communication devices and prosthetic devices. The Equipment Loan Fund allows you to borrow up to $4,000, with an interest rate of 4% and can be used to purchase wheelchairs, wheelchair van lifts, ramps, and adaptive equipment.

Provide device demonstrations, as well as advocacy, information, and referral to help consumers obtain their own devices. People may try out items while they seek funding to purchase their own. AIM does not provide financial aid.

Items available to borrow from AIM include wheelchairs, walkers, Rollators, canes, crutches, ramps, grab bars, Hoyer lifts, adaptive seating, shower chairs, commodes, wander alarms, weighted items, adaptive utensils, laptops, iPads and deaf and blind/low vision technology. We also have learning aids, toys, and games for early intervention, as well as pediatric equipment.

InterFaith Works of Central New York, through education, service and dialogue, affirms the dignity of each person and every faith community and works to create relationships and understanding among us.

Items in the Medical Supply Closet are loaned to refugee families, in order to increase senior refugees’ mobility, safety and independence in the home while reducing caregiver strain and burnout. To learn more about the Medical Supply Closet, contact Senior Services Coordinator Toma Tracy.

The goal of the Northeast ADA Center is to educate and empower the diverse range of ADA stakeholders throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to increase their knowledge of the ADA, to support our stakeholders to include people with disabilities in local communities, and to implement the ADA in their own lives, workplaces, businesses and communities. They are a participant in the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs's TRAID program.

National Disability Institute can help you find and afford assistive technology. Our Assistive Technology (AT) Loan Program provides affordable loans of $500 to $30,000 to residents of New Jersey and New York.

NDI received funding for the program, which is one of 48 nationally, from the U.S. Department of Education. The loans range from $500 to $30,000 and are available to residents of New Jersey and New York. NDI buys down the interest rate, making it possible for approved loan applicants to obtain loans at four per cent interest, significant cost savings for borrowers. NDI also guarantees the loans, allowing for more favourable lending terms.

Our Oswego County Ramp Program provides ramps for families in need throughout Oswego County. All of the ramps are built by volunteers and funding is provided through the support of individual donors and local businesses. To qualify for the program:

• You must live in Oswego County
• You must be income-eligible
• You must have a mobility impairment that makes it difficult to access your home

RCAL provides medical equipment on loan to individuals who cannot afford to buy their own or whose insurance does not cover the cost.  They loan out equipment that has been donated on a short and long-term basis. Three months is the usual length of time they loan out the equipment for; this can always be extended if needed.

In order to take out equipment on loan, you will first need to call to see if they have what you need. If they have what you need, they will make an appointment for you to come in and pick it up. They do ask for a small fee for the use of the equipment; $5 for small items such as walkers, canes, etc., $10 for items such as rollators and knee walkers, and $25 for larger items like wheelchairs. Please note that no person will be denied equipment for a lack of ability to pay this fee.

The Genesee-Finger Lakes Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities is an excellent resource for hands-on experience with and information about all types of equipment and assistive technology. They also have a free loan closet that is a free resource that enables people with all types of disabilities to borrow equipment and assistive technology for a limited time. People may use the items to sample while they seek funding to purchase their own equipment. RCIL also provides people with information on funding resources.

Southern Adirondack Independent Living Center is a participant in the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs's TRAID program. SAIL provides loans of assistive technology and durable medical equipment through its TRAID/EI project. TRAID loans out all kinds of equipment for 30 days at a time and up to about 90 days. Borrowers have the opportunity to try out medical equipment just at the time they need it the most. Many TRAID participants have recently had surgery or an injury and they need medical equipment to be able to make their home accessible to them as they are healing.

The Revolving Door loan closet provides equipment to people with disabilities at no cost. This may include wheelchairs, tub seats and benches, canes walkers and various other types of equipment. Certain items may be given away to people while others are only available as a loan. Those in need of equipment can call to get more information and to inquire about the Loan Closet inventory.

The loan closet also accepts donations of certain types of equipment. Devices as simple as a walker and as complex as a voice-activated communication device are accepted as donations. The Loan Closet is a tangible way of lending a hand to the community.

The Grand Island Lions Club has durable medical equipment for anyone in need. Equipment includes wheelchairs, walkers, canes, commodes, bath seals, etc. Anyone interested in obtaining a piece of equipment can call.

Upstate Caring Partners, Inc. is a participant in the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs's TRAID program. TRAID at Upstate Cerebral Palsy has a wide variety of assistive technology devices that are available for loan. Borrowing items from TRAID allows you to try items before making a purchase to ensure that the equipment meets your needs. You may also borrow items while waiting for funding for a new device or while yours is being repaired. Many items are available for short-term loans (up to two months) to help during recovery from surgery, while other items can be borrowed for an extended period of time (up to six months) on a case by case basis.

The Assistive Technology Program (ATP) at WIHD consists of a number of services conducted by our multi-disciplinary team of professionals: occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, educators, and other specialists. Our team collaborates with individuals and their families, caregivers, teachers, and/or related service providers to identify assistive technology devices, adaptations, and strategies to improve mobility, communication, computer access, access to the school curriculum, or control over the environment.

San Juan Center for Independence is a community based nonprofit agency that was established by people with disabilities for people with disabilities. They have a lot of programs to empower people with disabilities like seed loans, information and referral, and personal care. They have a home modification program that can help you with wheelchair ramps.

Adelante is a diverse nonprofit organization that supports people with mental and physical disabilities seniors & disadvantaged populations across New Mexico. The Adelante Back in Use program recycles assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, and hospital beds, and gives them away to seniors and people with disabilities who need them. Availability is subject to donations. All durable medical equipment is inspected, cleaned, and sanitized before it is distributed. Click here to donate or request equipment. For new requests, call (505)-445-5332.

Since 1996, Faith in Action has mobilized a network of volunteers to provide care partnerships in the greater Binghamton area. Today, they have over 300 registered care receivers and 100 registered volunteer caregivers. Faith in Action provides free, non-medical programs (like Provide transportation to medical appointments and/or grocery shopping) for people 60+ and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds.