Center for Independent Living providing information and referral regarding disability resources and services.


Social Service Organizations:
A Silicon Bullet for Dyslexia - Assisting individuals with dyslexia-specific reading disabilities.
Amputee Coalition of America - Reachs out to people with limb loss and empowers them through educatoin, support, and advocacy.
CCFH Ministries - CCFH Ministries seeks to enhance the lives of persons with disabilities through Christ-centered services and awareness. The organization provides residential and educational services.
Clinch Mountain Life Development and Recreation Center, Inc. - Offers camping/recreational programs that will offer a variety of outdoor lessons, education, and activities to at-risk and physically- and/or developmentally-challenged youth, while connecting people across generations and socioeconomic barriers.
DCI - Douglas Cooperative Inc. provides opportunities and support to persons with mental and physical disabilities in their pursuit of achieving the full potential in their lives.
Disability Resource Center - A community based, non-residential program of services designed to assist people with disabilities gain independence and to assist the community in the elimination of barriers to independence.
Division of Rehabilitation Services - This Tennessee Dept. of Human Services agency helps disabled persons become self-sufficient, gain employment, or receive timely and accurate decisions on applications for disability benefits.
Dunn Diversified Industries - A private, non-profit corporation that provides integrated employment opportunities to adults with developmental disabilities.
Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee - Provides educational materials at no cost, referral services, seminars and conferences, support group and support service programs, pharmaceutical assistance, financial assistance, and scholarships.
ETTAC - East Tennessee Technology Access Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with disabilities reach their potential for learning, working, speaking and living through the use of assistive technology (anything that helps the functional capabilities of people with disabilities).
Hearing and Speech Foundation - The Hearing and Speech Foundation is a non-profit corporation created to provide hearing and speech services to low-income individuals that otherwise would go without services.
Helping Hands Home Assistance (HHHA) - a private, nonprofit corporation that offers supportive living services in Knox, Blount, Loudon, Monroe, and Anderson Counties.
Knoxville Center of the Deaf - Offers social services, technical assistance and community support.
Knoxville Open Captioned Movies - Information about open-captioned and subtitled movies coming to Knoxville. These movies are open-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing people and their friends and families.
The Knoxville Tennessee Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (KTRID) - A not-for-profit organization for deaf and hearing consumers, interpreters, students, and supporters in the Knoxville area.
REACH - provide information about careers, employment, assistive technology, education, and rehabilitation to persons with disabilities in the East Tennessee area.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic^® - RFB & D is a national non-profit organization that serves as the nation's education library for people with print disabilities.
Sertoma Center - Offer tools and support needed to care, encourage, and nurture with an emphasis on a family structure.
Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding (STAR) - Offers riding therapy designed to meet the specific needs of each participant.
Special Education Action Network of Tennessee - The Special Education Action Network (SPAN-TN.org) is a family-driven network of proactive families, individuals and organizations, working together to initiate, support and coordinate special education advocacy activities.
Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee (SILCTN) - Promote, support and provide independent living services that are consumer controlled by and for a cross disability population.
Tennessee Disability Coalition - An alliance of organizations and individuals in Tennessee that have joined to promote the full and equal participation of men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder - A comprehensive referral service with phone, web, and print resources (in English and Spanish) to connect persons with disabilities, family members, and advocates with service providers in Tennessee and with national resources.
Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc. (TP&A) - Advocates for the rights of Tennesseans with disabilities to ensure they have an equal opportunity to be productive and respected members of our society.
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Office of Disability Services - Obtains and files disability-related documents, certifies eligibility for services, determines reasonable accommodations, and, develops plans for the provision of such accommodations for UT students.


Lift-Equipped Van Rental:
Wheelchair Getaways of Tennessee
www.wheelchairgetaways.com
1-888-245-9944
Email: wheelchairgetaways@yahoo.com
One-week advanced notice preferred.


Car Rentals with Hand Controls:
Alamo (three-day advanced notice) . . . . . . 800-327-9633
Avis (24-hour advanced notice) . . . . . . . . . 800-831-2847
Budget (no advanced notice necessary) . . . 800-527-0700
Hertz (24-48 hour advanced notice) . . . . . . 800-654-3131
National (48-hour advanced notice) . . . . . . 800-227-7368
Thrifty (two-week advanced notice) . . . . . . 800-367-2277


Medical Equipment:
Medical Equipment Distributors of Tennessee
316 Nancy Lynn Lane
Knoxville, TN 37919
865-584-5501 local
800-584-5557 toll free
24-hour emergency service.
Authorized supplier for most leading manufacturers, wheelchair rentals (monthly only), accepts most insurances.

Lambert's Health Care Rental Sales & Service
2636 Magnolia Avenue,
Knoxville, TN 37914
865-523-1103

9220 Park West Blvd,
Knoxville, TN 37923
865-691-7305

24-hour emergency service. Complete medical equipment for the home. Accepts most insurances.


Oxygen Services:
American Home Oxygen Services, Inc.
1501 McClain Road Suite 14
Knoxville, TN 37912
865-281-0202 local
800-697-9068 toll free

24-hour answering service, cylinder and liquid oxygen, accepts most insurances.


Adaptive Equipment for Cars and Vans:
World of Independence
6700 Asheville Highway
Knoxville, TN 37924
865-546-3477

24-hour service, full adaptive equipment services for cars and vans, high- tech driving systems to basic wheelchair lift repair.


Phoenix Conversion
9617 Park Side Drive
Knoxville, TN 37922
865-670-4060
Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.

Mobility specialist for adaptive driving equipment.


Interpreter Services:
Knox Area Community Center for the Deaf
www.korrnet.org/kaccd
8:30am-5pm, Mon-Fri
865-579-0830
865-579-0832 (24 hour emergency line)
865-573-5640 (TTY)

Non-profit interpreter referral service and deaf community center.

Knoxville Area Transit
www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/kat
The LIFT
Mon-Fri., 6am-9:30pm, Sat. 6am-7pm., Sun. 11:45 a.m. to 6:25 p.m.
865-522-5000
City of Knoxville paratransit service. Qualified paratransit riders are eligible for services. Local residents must have proof of certification. For out of town visitors, KAT must be able to verify eligibility status with their transit system. Requires 24 hour advanced notice. Some regular route buses are lift equipped.
For more information, contact 865-637-3000.
865-525-1525 (TTY)


Information provided by Disability Resource Center.