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	UCP of Greater Chicago promotes access to life-enhancing assistive technology through its Infinitec project. Infinitec aims to advance the independence of people with disabilities and support their inclusion in the workplace, at school, and in the community. Achievement of these goals may be supported by applying technology to the tasks of everyday life. One key to Infinitec's success is the creation of mutually supportive partnerships. At Infinitec offers assistive technology training programs for disability-assistance professionals, parents of children with disabilities, teachers, and other caregivers. Upon request, Infinitec also develops customized training programs for agency staff and service consumers. For information Infinitec programs offered, call 708-444-8460, ext. 228, or e-mail pchilds@ucpnet.org. Many assistive technology programs and services are offered through Infinitec satellites. For more information, see the next section of this page.

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	Infinitec West is an independent, non-profit organization created through a partnership between United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Chicago and Easter Seals DuPage. Programs are created and provided in collaboration with other DuPage County human service agencies and school districts. Infinitec West provides: assistive technology assessment and consultation; equipment demonstrations and displays; and information services, training classes, and more. Infinitec West is headquartered in the Arthur & Mary Rubloff Building, 826 South Addison Avenue, Villa Park, IL 60181. Phone: 630-620-4433 (v)
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	Infinitec DuPage includes 31 DuPage County school districts that receive Infinitec assistive technology information and services for their students and staffs. In Fall 2001, SASED (School Association of Special Education in DuPage County), which includes 44 school districts, will join this coalition
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	Infinitec North administers a coalition of 88 school districts in the LICA, N.S.S.E.D. and SEDOL special education cooperatives, and in Waukegan. The purpose of the coalition is to provide assistive technology information, training, and services to the students and staffs of the member districts. N.S.S.E.D. (Northern Suburban Special Education District), Highland Park, is donating land on which Infinitec/UCP Chicago will construct a new building. Plans call for the building to house both a child-care center for infants and pre-schoolers to age 5--20 percent of whom will be children with disabilities--and an assistive technology services center.
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	Infinitec Southwest provides assistive technology information, training and services to a coalition of 92 school districts in an area stretching southward from suburban Hickory Hills to Kankakee, and westward through Joliet to LaSalle and Ottawa. Infinitec Southwest operates equipment loan and exchange programs, connects members with assistive technology service providers, and offers assistive technology information, training, and education.
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	Infinitec Midstate provides assistive technology information, training, and services to 90 Illinois school districts outside the Chicago area and includes representation from Illinois State University, Bloomington. In addition, Infinitec Midstate, in partnership with Peoria Easter Seal-UCP, CWBT (Community Workshop Training Project), and PARC (Peoria Association for Retarded Citizens), provides assistive technology programs and services to children from birth to age three and to adults. Thanks to grants from Ameritech, Ill. Dept. of Human Services, and Tellabs, an equipment loan program soon will serve adults and pre-schoolers with disabilities in the mid-state area. ICCDD (Ill, Council for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities) also provided funding to pilot this interagency technology service model.
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	Infinitec Inc. is a U.S. non-profit corporation formed to help people with disabilities and their families access assistive technology at an affordable cost. Infinitec Inc. is a joint effort of UCP of Greater Chicago and the national United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) organization, Washington, D.C. Through its comprehensive Web site, www.infinitec.org, Infinitec Inc. provides people all over the world with information about assistive technology. The Web site emphasize practical, everyday applications of technology in the lives of people with disabilities. Every quarter, the site features a new special section highlighting a particular realm in which technology facilitates participation by people with disabilities. (travel, water sports, cooking and kitchen design, driving, etc.). Another special feature of Infinitec's Web site is a guide to researching assistive technology on the Internet and through other sources, www.infinitec.org/learn/. The guide includes an extensive list of links to other assistive technology sites. Infinitec Inc. also sponsors an annual scholarship award for college-bound students with disabilities who use assistive technology.The award is co-sponsored the the Foundation for Exceptional Children. For information, go to yesican.sped.org.
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