The goal of the three-year project is to ensure that persons with disabilities don't lose their jobs because they lack access to needed services. Dr. Margaret Stineman from the University of Pennsylvania and the Baylor School of Medicine have received a grant to examine how persons with disabilities and doctors differ in the value they place on functional activities like bathing and eating. Liberty Resources is participating in this study which is important in the training of physicians in rehab medicine. Temple University's Department of Education and the Institute on Disabilities have invited Liberty Resources to participate in an initiative to prepare teachers for the inclusion of children with disabilities in regular classrooms. Parents Union for Public Schools and Liberty Resources are working together on a project to provide teens with disabilities and their families with information about independent living options.
Plans are to conduct workshops in local schools.
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