ENHANCING INDEPENDENCE:
AN ASSISTANT’S GUIDE TO
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS)
Adapted from a manual by Benita Nease, PAS Education Coordiator
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Independent Living Resource Center; Bill Lehman, PAS Coordinator;
Kathy Labore, PAS Specialist; Kathy Lepski, R.N., Quality Assurance Specialist
THE FOLLOWING CONSUMERS
Devron Yoakum, Disability Advocate; Christopher Johnson, Mouth Brush Artist
Frank Nease, Executive Director, ILRC; Sueda Lopez, Disability Advocate
Nick Parolin, Disability Advocate; Daniel Gillam, Disability Advocate
Loretta Campbell, Disability Advocate
Chuck Comstock, Vice President, Board of Directors, RAIL
Peter Dohm, University of Missouri, College of Engineering
Lucille Bruyneel, Publication Specialist, SIL
Herman Vance, Independent Living Specialist, DCAI
David Ice, Disability Advocate; Melissa Davis, Disability Advocate
J.D. Brooks, Disability Advocate
THE FOLLOWING ASSISTANTS
Darla Shatz Tania Leher Ardis Comstock Doreen Gardner
Barbara Hill Mary Lowe Lesley McCollough Joanne Gilliam
Darlene Vance Laurel Feken Vicki Christianson Lissa Brooks
Shonda Sartin Jason Simpson Michael Simpson
Mr. & Mrs. William Griner
This manual is a project of the Missouri Model Spinal Cord Injury System (MOMSCIS), a grant-funded program of the Department of Health Psychology in the School of Health Professions at the University of Missouri-Columbia. This work was supported by funds from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research in the Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services in the U.S. Department of Education, grant #H133N000012. Established in 1995, MOMSCIS is one of 16 model centers in the United States. MOMSCIS is committed to developing, implementing and evaluating innovative research that promotes independent living and community integration among persons with spinal cord impairment.