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Peer Counseling
Provide individuals with
disabilities, family members, other service providers, and the community at
large with information on options, resources, and solutions that influence
independent lifestyles.
The disAbility Resource Center has
a Peer Counselor:
Grace Marshall. She are dedicated in their efforts to provide
counseling and support on a one-to-one basis with a person with a disability.
The counselor function as a role model, advocate and resource person to anyone
with a disability. She are eager to assist with basic information on equipment,
financial assistance, recreation, housing, attendant care, support groups, legal
rights and many other disability and community topics and resources. She assist
with training in areas such as budgeting, socialization, leisure planning,
attendant care management and the use of community resources. We also provide
referral services to programs providing daily living skills training. We help
persons with disabilities identify their independent living needs, develop an
individual plan of action to meet those needs, share resource information, and
facilitate problem-solving skills necessary for ensuring an independent and
self-determined lifestyle. We also assist in finding affordable, accessible
housing by working with public assistance and low interest home loan programs. Grace can be reached by phone at:
disAbility
Resource Center
409 Progress
Street
Fredericksburg,
VA. 22401
(540) 373-2559
Or by email:
Grace….gmarshall@cildrc.org
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