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Welcome to Independent Living Choices

Mission Statement:
We provide services to people with disabilities who make independence their choice.

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Adaptive Devices Program

Empowering individuals with disabilities who choose to live independently in the setting of their choice sometimes is as simple as obtaining adaptive devices. Adaptive devices can assist an eligible individual with a disability to maintain or improve function and conserve energy.

This program is funded through the State of South Dakota who has set guidelines for services and equipment. Below is a chart listing some examples of items that have and have not been approved in the past.

Items that have been APPROVED:

  • Medication organizers
  • Adaptive cups
  • Jar openers
  • Touch lamps
  • Grab bars
  • Communication devices
  • Showerhead
  • Shower chair
  • Hand held shower
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Sock puller
  • One handed can opener
  • Eating utensils
  • Lift chair
  • Talking watches
  • Communication board
  • Laundry bag
  • Waterpik
  • Kitchen cart
  • Utility cart
  • Sit/stand stool
  • Diabetic foot kit
  • Stair glide/chair
  • Vehicle step
  • Pan holder
  • Reacher
  • Long-handled shoe horn
  • Vehicle modifications

Items that have been DENIED:

  • Front loading washing machine
  • Countertop dishwasher
  • Hearing aids
  • Electro larynx
  • Lumbar support pillows
  • Sitting porch on a ramp
  • Four track cassette player
  • 2nd vehicle or 2nd home modification
  • Handrail for hospital bed
  • Exercise equipment

The scope of services do not include medical, prosthetic or orthotic devices (hospital beds or related equipment, wheelchairs, artificial limbs, devices for supporting or assisting limb functions, etc.), medical supplies and medications. Other examples outside the scope of services are: telecommunication equipment, expensive adapted silverware instead of regular adapted utensils, ramps constructed of expensive materials (solid oak) instead of treated lumber, etc. The State of South Dakota reserves the right to determine what devices are within the scope of services.

Other agencies that may be able to assist you are:

Churches: Contact your local churches
DakotaLink: www.dakotalink.tie.net
Lutheran Brotherhood:
Lions Club: Contact your local area club
Easter Seals: www.easterseals.com
Knights of Columbus: Contact you local area club
Sertoma Club: Contact you local area club
Veterans Administration: www.va.gov
Veterans of Foreign Wars: www.vfw.org
Disabled American Veterans: www.dav.org
March of Dimes: www.marchofdimes.com
Multiple Sclerosis Society: www.nmss.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association: www.mdausa.org
Childrens Miracle Network: www.cmn.org
Statewide Family Support Program: www.state.sd.us/dhs/dd/family
Adult Services: www.state.sd.us/social/ASA
Local School District
Rehabilitation Services: www.state.sd.us/dhs/drs/
Service to Blind and Visually Impaired: www.state.sd.us/dhs/sbvi/