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