iCan Connect
Kansans with a combined hearing and vision loss receive telecommunication tools and the training to use them.
Discover how iCanConnect is helping people stay connected.If you have both significant hearing and vision loss, you may qualify for iCan Connect, a program that provides specialized communication equipment and training to help you stay connected with family, friends, work, and your community.
Who can qualify?
To qualify, you must meet the Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) Act definition of deaf-blindness and have a household income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.
What iCan Connect provides
- Equipment that makes phone, video calls, messaging, and the internet easier to use
- Training so you can use your new tools with confidence
Apply
The current iCan Connect Application (pdf)
Perkins Consumer Application - English
Perkins Consumer Application - Portuguese
Perkins Consumer Application - Spanish
Mail your completed application to:
iCan Connect / ATK
Dole Human Development Center, Room 1052
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045
Contact Us to Learn More:
Interested individuals, family members or service providers may obtain further information by calling your regional AT Access site
Verification of disability
- Have a central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective lenses, or a visual field defect such that the peripheral diameter of visual field subtends an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees, or a progressive visual loss having a prognosis leading to one or both of these conditions;
- Have a chronic hearing impairment so severe that most speech cannot be understood with optimum amplification, or a progressive hearing loss having a prognosis leading to this condition; and
- Have the combination of impairments described in 1 and 2 above cause extreme difficulty in attaining independence in daily life activities, achieving psychosocial adjustment, or obtaining a vocation.