Gesher Human Services offers driving simulator to assess driving skills for disabled individuals
Thanks to a $35,000 grant from the Byron and Dorothy Gerson Innovation Fund, individuals with disabilities can take a driving assessment through STISIM Drive, a driving simulator that helps determine an individual’s potential driving capabilities.
The simulator is located at Gesher Human Services in Southfield.
“We help individuals with some form of a documented disability find employment, and over the years, one thing that we continue to see is that transportation remains one of the biggest barriers to the people that we serve,” said Rene Dell, vice president of vocational rehabilitation at Gesher Human Services.
Dell explained that the driving simulator provides a driving assessment in a “safe, no-risk” environment where individuals can see where their skills are at.