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Personal Assistance Services: Questions and Answers

Personal Assistance Services (PAS) can be defined as people or services that assist a person with a physical, sensory, mental, or cognitive disability with tasks that the person would perform for himself/herself if he/she did not have a disability.  In general, these may include assistance with dressing, bathing, eating, toileting, and cognitive tasks such as facilitating communication access with a reader.

Last updated: Tuesday, July 11, 2017