REquipment DME Reuse Program

REquipment DME Reuse Program REquipment provides free gently used durable medical equipment & assistive technology throughout MA.

REquipment gives gently used durable medical equipment a second life helping someone else in need. A “reuse” program, REquipment helps people obtain gently-used and refurbished durable medical equipment (DME) at no cost thanks to state and private funding. The project is funded by the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission with support from the Department of Developmental Services and the Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. To donate or receive DME, search our listings of available items at www.dmereuse.org

Why REquipment?Because there is no other program in Massachusetts that collects and refurbishes gently used assistive te...
02/18/2026

Why REquipment?

Because there is no other program in Massachusetts that collects and refurbishes gently used assistive technology devices and finds them new users.

Recently, a gamer with disabilities in Northfield found an Xbox Adaptive Controller (and Adaptive Gaming Kit) in the REquipment inventory. This is a unique and beautiful piece of equipment, a literal "game changer" for many, and we are so grateful to the donor.

Stephanie has multiple disabilities, saw it on our site while browsing the equipment inventory for a friend, and collected it to avoid any shipping charges.

A few weeks later, we wrote Stephanie to hear how it was going.

"I'm still figuring out getting it set up best for me, but I immediately found that having an adaptive setup reduced both the mistakes I was making and the pain I was having from playing games," Stephanie wrote to us. "And this meant that I have been able to more easily game when I want to. This is especially important to me because playing games with a group of friends remotely is one of the things I have available as a way to interact with friends from college, with the limitations my disabilities have put on me."

Do you have assistive technology devices you are no longer using? REquipment would love to have it!

Stephanie had planned to "figure out a way to save up" for this device. This is why the REquipment community is so valuable in Massachusetts. And why we celebrate Why REquipment Wednesday.

Learn more about REquipment at DMEreuse.org

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates

Happy Testimonial Tuesday to our lovely reuse community. Look what you did!Last week, REquipment received an email (that...
02/17/2026

Happy Testimonial Tuesday to our lovely reuse community.

Look what you did!

Last week, REquipment received an email (that we are sharing with permission from the sender):

To whom it may concern [at REquipment],

My name is Dina. I am a volunteer at Douglas House in Lexington, Massachusetts, and am writing this thank-you on behalf of Joanne. She is a tenant living at the home who was in desperate need of a new wheelchair.

After doing some research, I found your organization online. There aren’t enough words to thank you for what you did for Joanne. We expected a wheelchair that was in decent condition. What we received blew us away. What seemed to be a brand-new chair and a brand-new cushion were more than we could have ever hoped for. I enclosed a picture so you can see the joy on Joanne‘s face. That is not a smile I get to see very often.

Thank you for all you do for people in need,
Dina

REquipment is having an amazing impact throughout Massachusetts, due to your donations of equipment and dollars, your trust, your referrals, and your advocacy.

Let's keep stories like Joanne's going and going... please use this link to tell your lawmakers why you love us: tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy

Thank you for caring so well for your neighbors.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


REquipment is compiling program stories from the districts of every member of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Com...
02/12/2026

REquipment is compiling program stories from the districts of every member of the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee.

It's not hard to do.

The REquipment program is woven into nearly every Massachusetts community, serving children, seniors, veterans, caregivers, parents, teachers, and health care providers.

The program is needed now more than ever: free, gently used, durable medical equipment and assistive technology without provider hoops and hurdles. No prescription necessary. If you are a Massachusetts resident, you qualify.

Last year, one-third of the devices REquipment provided went to western Mass, one-third to central Mass, and one-third to eastern Mass. The program is truly statewide.

We can keep this essential source of gently used equipment if lawmakers hear from their constituents. Please take two minutes to contact them using this link:

tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy.

Enter your address and edit or use the letter that will auto-send to your lawmakers. It's that easy.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


Why does Massachusetts need the REquipment reuse program? Because a little boy with multiple disabilities needed a tricy...
02/11/2026

Why does Massachusetts need the REquipment reuse program?

Because a little boy with multiple disabilities needed a tricycle in Everett. Serendipity! REquipment had the exact size and model his physical therapist had recommended.

Today, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means is considering the Governor's Budget proposal for FY27. This is an especially tough budget year. If the legislature does not support the $500,000 earmark that provides level funding for REquipment, the program will suffer a 35.7% cut.

Your donations of equipment and dollars, your referrals, and your stories and testimonials keep this essential program going. Every success story is yours. Acting together, we can keep sharing them.

Please contact your state legislators at tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy

Tell them why you love REquipement. There is a draft email to use or edit. This tool takes just a moment.

Thank you for all that you do!



UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates

"You gave me my DIGNITY back!""You helped save my mom's life!""BEST PROGRAM EVAHHHHH!!!!”"Thank you for existing!"Your m...
02/10/2026

"You gave me my DIGNITY back!"
"You helped save my mom's life!"
"BEST PROGRAM EVAHHHHH!!!!”
"Thank you for existing!"

Your messages to REquipment are clear. Now, MA state lawmakers need to hear them! There's never been a more important Testimonial Tuesday.

The legislature is moving fast this year to create a FY27 budget, and it's the biggest threat REquipment has yet faced. Cuts to health care on the federal level are putting extraordinary pressure on the state. The message we are hearing is that unless there is an overwhelming flood of support for REquipment, we will not get the $500,000 we need in the legislature for level funding; this is an unsustainable 35.7% cut in FY2027 (which begins July 1, 2026).

Please use this link to tell them why you love us: tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy

There, you simply enter your address and email, and a draft letter is presented that can be automatically sent to your lawmakers. Use it or edit it or write your own. Your name and the names of your lawmakers will be automatically added. The process takes two minutes. There is also a call script to make calls and a button that calls lawmakers' offices.

Thank you to our beloved reuse community for keeping this program going in so many ways.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


Have you ever donated durable home medical or assistive technology devices to REquipment? Requested a device you needed?...
02/09/2026

Have you ever donated durable home medical or assistive technology devices to REquipment? Requested a device you needed? Referred a family member, friend, client, or neighbor?

Tell your state legislators you love us!

On Wednesday, February 11th, the Joint Committee on Ways and Means is holding a hearing to consider the Governor's Budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2027. The Legislature will need to support an earmark of $500,000 for REquipment to level-fund the program. Without it, the program will suffer a 35.7% cut that is unsustainable.

Show your support for the REquipment reuse program. Contact your state lawmakers today.

Tell them they must protect REquipment from this devastating budget cut.

If you have a personal story to share, terrific, but it's not necessary.

What matters is that they hear from each of us, in every corner of the state, who has been touched by this program.

Access to free, timely, gently used equipment has transformed lives across the Commonwealth, and REquipment is needed now more than ever.

Contacting your lawmakers is swift and easy at tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy.

Your voice matters. Thank you for taking action to keep REquipment beyond June 30th, 2026 (the end of the current fiscal year).

Thank you for all that you do to make REquipment's success stories possible.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


Now available - magnifiers! Free to MA residents in the REquipment inventory.Hand-held, desktop, and even a hands-free v...
02/05/2026

Now available - magnifiers! Free to MA residents in the REquipment inventory.

Hand-held, desktop, and even a hands-free visor magnifier are currently available (until they're gone).

Check out tinyurl.com/REQmags to browse REquipment's magnifiers.

All are free to pick up in W. Springfield; some may be shipped for $20. All may be bundled with a request for durable medical equipment and delivered at no extra charge.

REquipment is a source of no-cost, gently used, durable medical equipment and assistive technology in Massachusetts.

Learn more at DMEreuse.org.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


Happy Why REquipment Wednesday, the day we share an example of why the REquipment reuse program is vital to Massachusett...
02/04/2026

Happy Why REquipment Wednesday, the day we share an example of why the REquipment reuse program is vital to Massachusetts residents with disabilities, seniors, families, and others.

In September, REquipment heard from a son frustrated with his dad.

"Stubborn," he wrote. "[Dad] retired August 31, and was able to park at the door and manage in the office with trekking poles, risk of falling on any non-flat surface."

REquipment provided a free Drive manual wheelchair.

Son paid $20 for delivery and made a $10 donation to the program.

Dad filled out the satisfaction survey: "The wheelchair was just what I needed. Helpful inside and out. When I go for MRI, no worries about chair availability or transport by staff. Thank you!"

Sometimes we all need a little push.

Learn more about the durable medical equipment (DME) and assistive technology (AT) reuse program serving Massachusetts.

Visit DMEreuse.org

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates

"I can't thank you guys enough. I have so much freedom with the electric scooter. Love love love love love it!!"- a hap...
02/03/2026

"I can't thank you guys enough. I have so much freedom with the electric scooter. Love love love love love it!!"
- a happy program user in Sturbridge

Scooters are so appreciated. While we are currently closed to most durable medical donations (due to lack of storage space), please do let us know if you have a power scooter you're not using. They go fast.

Learn more about REquipment at DMEreuse.org

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates

It's that time of year again.For REquipment to continue beyond June 30th, 2026 (the end of the current fiscal year), the...
02/02/2026

It's that time of year again.

For REquipment to continue beyond June 30th, 2026 (the end of the current fiscal year), the state legislature will need to act.

In the coming weeks and months, REquipment will urge our community to advocate with state lawmakers to support REquipment's $500,000 earmark to level-fund the program.

State budget-making is a months-long process, and your voice matters!

The statewide DME/AT reuse program survives because you've nurtured it with your donations of equipment, with your referrals, your dollars, and your advocacy.

Together, we can keep this program that is the last stop for individuals with disabilities needing home medical equipment and assistive technology in Massachusetts.

Thank you for all you do.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


Check out the DCR Universal Access Program Winter Adaptive Program Schedule for some cold-weather fun!
02/02/2026

Check out the DCR Universal Access Program Winter Adaptive Program Schedule for some cold-weather fun!

Know someone who needs a Franklin talking dictionary?REquipment is a source of free, gently used, durable medical equipm...
01/29/2026

Know someone who needs a Franklin talking dictionary?

REquipment is a source of free, gently used, durable medical equipment and assistive technology in Massachusetts.

A Franklin Talking Dictionary reads words and definitions aloud, making it a great tool for individuals with reading challenges, vision impairments, and/or learning disabilities.

This device is free to pick up in W. Springfield, or it may be shipped for $20. It may also be bundled with a larger request of durable medical equipment and delivered at no extra charge. Batteries are not included.

Help REquipment find this Franklin Talking Dictionary a great new home. Please share this post. The link to request it is in the comments.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Center For Living And Working, Inc
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates


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REquipment gives gently used durable medical equipment a second life helping someone else in need. With start-up funding in 2013 from the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, REquipment was launched in December of 2013 to provide free refurbished medical devices to individuals and families in need of DME in Greater Boston. Thanks to our state legislators, REquipment received state funding to expand the program statewide in FY '16. In Spring '16, REquipment added two new reuse centers; Stavros Center for Independent Living in Amherst and United Cerebral Palsy of Berkshire County in Pittsfield. A “reuse” program, REquipment helps people obtain gently-used and refurbished durable medical equipment (DME) at no cost thanks to state and private funding. The project is funded by the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission To donate or receive DME, search our listings of available items at www.dmereuse.org.