Assistive Tech UCP Central PA

08/18/2025

UCP collaborated with Messiah University's Occupational Therapy program to hold it's second Adapted Toy workshop last week. Families who attended brought in a battery operated toy. Dr. Foster's Occupational Therapy students then adapted the toys for switch access. Families and providers who attended left with their toys adapted as well as a 3D printed switch the students had made. We would like to thank Dr. Foster and his students for making this event a success for those who attended. We look forward to next year's toy workshop.

08/09/2025

Today is National Book Lover's Day. Do you enjoy reading books? Is the small print in books getting a little hard to see?

The Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Lending Library has a number of video magnifiers available for short term loan. You can borrow a video magnifier to try for a few weeks to see if it is helpful. When the loan is over, you simply use the return shipping label that came with it to send it back to the library. There are a number of magnifiers in various sizes to try.

For more information on the Pennsylvania Assistive Technology Lending Library, go to www.techowlpa.org/library and click on "Go To the Library"

08/07/2025

UCP Central PA Assistive Technology staff worked with Occupational Therapy students at Messiah University yesterday to make some ability switches. As part of their class, students 3D printed the switch parts, then worked with UCP staff to learn how to solder the switch mechanism and cable to the switch, then were able to test it out to activate a toy. Next week, students will be working with families to adapt a battery operated toy for switch use.

08/04/2025

Changing Hands received 2 sports wheelchairs today. These wheelchairs have a 16" wide seat, and do fold to fit into a car. These are available for pick up in Camp Hill, PA. If you are interested in one of these wheelchairs, please send an email to atucp@ucpcentralpa.org.

Please do not try to contact us in messenger, since we do not monitor messenger and may not respond for quite some time. Email is the best way to contact us.

07/30/2025

Changing Hands currently has an electric sit to stand lift with slings available. This device will aid someone to go from sitting to standing. If you are in need of this item and are able to pick it up from us in Camp Hill, PA, please e-mail us at atucp@ucpcentralpa.org.
We are not able to be on facebook to answer messages, but always have access to our e-mail.

07/30/2025

Do you have difficulty hearing people on the phone? Pennsylvania's Free Special Phone Program has a variety of CapTel captioning phones. The CapTel 840 Plus is designed for use with traditional analog telephone lines. The CapTel 840i, 880i and 2400i require Internet to work. These captioned telephones show captions of everything your caller says. The Internet versions connect to both your telephone service and your Internet service to give you the best of both worlds: voice and captions. The captions are provided by a free service that uses the Internet connection to automatically display captions for every call, quickly and accurately.

If you live in Pennsylvania, you can find more information on the Free Special Phone Program at https://techowlpa.org/tddp/.

07/28/2025

Changing Hands has a number of amplified cordless house phones with answer machines available. If you have trouble hearing on the phone and do not qualify for TechOWL's Free Special Phone Program, we may have a phone for you. If you are interested in one of these cordless house phones, please e-mail atucp@ucpcentralpa.org.

07/23/2025

Changing Hands has received a full support swing and a Therapy seat. The swing has a seatbelt and chest strap, as well as the ropes to mount it. It has a 75 pound weight limit. The therapy seat is from Childrite. It is a large Bumbo seat with a 70 pound weight limit. Like the original Bumbo seats, it does not have any straps or seat belts.

Both these items are available for pick up in Camp Hill. If you are interested in either of these items, please e-mail atucp@ucpcentralpa.org.
Please do not contact us through Messenger, as we do not always have access to that.

07/22/2025

Sign ups are still open for this event. Sign up soon if you are interested in attending!

06/27/2025

Today is Helen Keller Day. In honor of Helen Keller, we wanted to let you know about the iCanConnect program.

iCanConnect is a special free program to help people who have combined hearing and vision loss to access telephone, advanced communications and information services. There are income requirements for this program.

iCanConnect gets people equipment to help them make a phone call, send an email, access the internet, or use other communications tools to talk with family, friends and other people.

To be eligible for iCanConnect, you must have both significant vision and hearing loss, and meet the program’s income guidelines.

You can find more information on iCanConnect at https://techowlpa.org/deafblind-services/

iCanConnect – DeafBlind Services If you have BOTH low vision and hearing loss, we’ll help you find a way to communicate across distance. iCanConnect is a special free program to help pe…

06/20/2025

🗣 Registration is now open for our 2nd Annual Toy Adaptation Workshop!

🌟 Messiah University Occupational Therapy Program, UCP Central PA, Assistive Tech UCP Central PA, and UCP Cental PA- EI and Family Support Services are once again, coming together to offer this workshop to benefit families and providers!

When: August 13th 2025
Time: 12PM-2:30PM
Where: Messiah University
401 E Winding Hill Rd Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

🌟 Limited spots are available and on a first come first serve basis. If you are interested in this event, we urge you to sign up early to avoid being put on the waitlist.

Register here 👇 https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/3860a66458af4de0a135455dc033fecd

PDF Flyer 👉https://community-links.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Toy-Adaptation-Workshop-Event-Flyer.pdf

06/19/2025