The objectives of the Ohio rehabilitation center shall be to rehabilitate persons with disabilities whose rehabilitation requires extended residential care or intensive study and services; to cooperate with, aid, and supplement such public and private projects for rehabilitation as may be established in the various communities of the state; to provide training for persons seeking competence in the several disciplines pertaining to the field of rehabilitation; to conduct research and demonstrations in connection with the problems and techniques of rehabilitation; to disseminate information and promote public understanding respecting the problems incident to the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities and their return to social and economic participation; and to afford such other services of rehabilitation as the center may develop for the benefit of citizens of this state.