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Dr. Rachel Lillian Burgess is a well round psychologist, teacher, consultant who works with handicapped children. The passion that drives her began "after my son was diagnosed. I worked closely with him," Burgess affirmed.  Under her guidance, her son adjusted well and eventually attended a University. "I discovered my passion to work with the handicapped. So I went on to get my Ph.D. in psychology."

All her life, Dr. Burgess has been a nurturing human being. She was successful enough to open her own clinic, the Burgess Center for the Handicapped, and authored an educational program to assist handicapped people learn to make their adjustments. Listed in Community Leaders of the World, she is lauded as one of this century’s outstanding intellectuals and was recognized as a Woman of Achievement for 2006.

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