Dr. Bill Darling, Director of Assistive Technology of Ohio, a federally-funded nonprofit organization that is part of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University, discusses the impact Simeon Fess had on people with disabilities. Bill shares how he discovered Simeon, an Ohioan that while unfamiliar to many, was key in the creation of the Vocational Rehabilitation program during his service as a U.S. Congressman. Bill said, \u201cThe impact he had on the lives of so many people! Maybe he couldn\u2019t even have envisioned it at the time, but it is a truly amazing program that probably would have never come into being without his vision.\u201d
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