Disability & Long-Term Care · Surprise rank #314
Need Assistive Technology? Borrow Devices Through New York’s TRAID Centers
New York's TRAID network gives people with disabilities access to assistive-technology device loans and hands-on training through regional centers, many of which are disability-service or independent-living organizations.
Who
Any New Yorker with a disability who needs access to assistive technology; family members and service providers can also work with regional centers.
Where: New York State through county-serving Regional TRAID Centers; Nassau and Suffolk are served by the listed Long Island regional center.
What to do
Start here: Use the Justice Center TRAID directory to identify the Regional TRAID Center serving your county, then ask whether the device category you need is available to borrow.
Eligibility: TRAID is available to New Yorkers with disabilities. Contact the Regional TRAID Center assigned to your county to confirm inventory, loan period and device availability.
What you get
Regional TRAID Centers maintain assistive-technology inventories that people can borrow for use at home, school, work or in the community, and staff can demonstrate devices before someone spends money on equipment.
Benefit: Temporary loans of assistive-technology equipment plus demonstrations and training, often avoiding the need to buy an expensive device just to test whether it works.
Possible value: Device-loan value varies from inexpensive daily-living aids to costly mobility or communication technology; the program does not promise ownership of the device.
Good to know
Important: This card's older label points to ACCES-VR/Independent Living Center loan closets, but the verified statewide device-loan pathway is TRAID. Inventory and loan duration vary by regional center, and a loan is not the same as funding a permanent purchase.
Availability: Active statewide regional loan network; inventory varies.
Why people miss it: People often search only for insurance or vocational-rehabilitation funding and do not realize New York has a separate statewide equipment-loan network.
Sources reviewed: Aug 10, 2026