TelAbility
Cause Area
- Children & Youth
- Health & Medicine
- People with Disabilities
Location
880 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVDCHAPEL HILL, NC 27514 United StatesOrganization Information
Mission Statement
Enhance the lives of children with disabilities by increasing their access to specialized medical services, facilitating their multidisciplinary service coordination, leveraging statewide expertise on their behalf, and providing education and peer support to their parents and providers.
Description
TelAbility is an innovative, community oriented, interdisciplinary program from the UNC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation that uses telecommunications to improve the lives of children with disabilities. Using real time video-conferencing and internet technologies, TelAbility provides comprehensive, coordinated, family centered care to children with disabilities across North Carolina and offers education, training, and peer support for people who care for them.