Welcome to the Central Coast Assistive Technology Center (CCATC) located in San Luis Obispo, California. The CCATC is a diverse technology center that provides evaluations, training and education while using assistive technology to increase independence and function. The CCATC specializes in general AT services, vision and hearing technologies and ergonomics.

CCATC Mission Statement: To solve challenges in employment, lifelong learning, productivity and independent living through the provision of assistive technology services and ergonomic training. The CCATC shall be unsurpassed in evaluations and trainings that are: 

• Accessible

• Timely

• Individualized

• Solution-oriented

• High-quality

Services shall be made available through a mobile outreach program to access the natural setting of the consumer. The technology device library shall be the most extensive and up-to-date in the market. Collaboration shall be the hallmark of the center's success. For more click on AT Services.

CVS/pharmacy Awards CCATC a Grant to Promote the CATE Free AT Loan Program

Young children with mild to severe motor impairments are often in need of assistive technology to alleviate the effects of their disability. The CCATC has been a partner on many projects over the past decade with organizations serving children with disabilities and their families. Over the past two years the CCATC has become one of 13 designated California Assistive Technology Exchange (CATE) centers in the State. Through funding from this statewide program the CCATC has amassed a significant lending library and demonstration center full of varied assistive technology for children and their families. The goal of the lending library is to make certain via the loan that the assistive technology is useful and appropriate. When this determination is made then the search for funding for the device can commence.

It has been shown at CCATC that Assistive Technology loan programs significantly increase the success of Assistive technology while dramatically reducing device abandonment. With additional funding from CVS Caremark the CCATC would like to focus the benefits of the loan program by promoting this resource specifically to targeted local organizations. Organization such as California Children’s Services (CCS), Parents Helping Parents, Jack’s Helping Hand and the Tri-Counties Regional Center are currently serving children with disabilities and will receive presentations about the free AT loan program. The CCATC will implement a promotional campaign designed to encourage the above-mentioned organizations to benefit from the existing assistive technology loan program.

NEW! CATE AT Device Loan Program Allows Consumers To “Check Out” Technology

CCATC has been selected as one of 13 community-based organizations (CBO) across the state to participate in the California Assistive Technology Exchange (CATE) project. As part of this project, CCATC has a variety of assistive technology (AT) devices for consumers to check out on short-term loan. There is no cost for borrowing a device. The CATE project also includes 2 other programs: the AT Reutilization Program and the AT Loan Guarantee Program. To learn more about the CATE programs and to check out a device, please visit the CATE website.

NEW! The California Consumer Protection Foundation and the San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation Funds A Free Vision & Hearing Technology Program For 2008 & 2009!

Alfredo uses a CCTV to read his Bible

The Central Coast Assistive Technology Center (CCATC) has received additional funding for the implementation of the Sensory Assistive Technology Demonstration Center and Loan Library that will allow San Luis Obispo County and Northern Santa Barbara County residents regardless of ethnicity, financial status, age or diagnosis to experience, learn and use life-changing assistive technology solutions. For more information click on Vision & Hearing Device Library.

NEW! See us on TV!

CCATC Highlights Success Stories with the Creation of “Curb Cuts”

The “Curb Cuts” show featuring high-tech devices for people with disabilities can be seen on SLO Public Access Channel 2 airing three times weekly: Mondays at 11:00 am, Wednesdays at 8:00 pm, and Saturdays at noon. It can also be seen  on Santa Maria Community TV Channel 25 three times each week: Thursday at 7:00 pm, Fridays at 4:30 pm, and Sundays at 10:30 am.

New episodes will air every two months. Learn more and watch episodes with audio description by clicking Curb Cuts.