News & Updates from Barber National Institute

Erie, PA (Sept. 6, 2024) – Barber National Institute celebrates the nationally recognized Direct Support Professionals Week, September 8 -14. Direct Support Professionals – or DSPs – are caregivers specifically trained to care for individuals with developmental disabilities and autism. At Barber National Institute, a nonprofit organization, 970 DSPs provide excellent care for individuals with developmental disabilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Erie, PA (Aug. 7, 2024) - Bridging the Gaps, a community service initiative designed to help health professionals and others make a difference in their communities, teamed up with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) and Barber National Institute for a seven week experience working with underserved and undersourced populations.

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Erie, PA (Aug. 19, 2024) - For years, Pennsylvania’s intellectual disability and autism (ID/A) community has demanded real help from lawmakers to provide more resources for home and community-based providers ensuring adults with ID/A receive the timely services they need to live as independently as possible among family and peers. 

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Erie, PA (June 27, 2024)- Inspired by an article realtor Megan DeMarco read about ultra-runner Rickey Gates who ran every single street in San Francisco, she embarked on a self-prompted mission to run every street in the city of Erie, PA.  

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