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Arc of South Carolina
806 12th Street. West Columbia, SC 29169
Telephone: (803) 748-5020 Fax: (803) 750-8121
Website: www.arcsc.org
Email address: thearc@arcsc.org
Services Available: Advocacy organization that provides information, training and support to children and adults with special needs, including mental retardation and related developmental disabilities, and their families.
Accept military family members. For more information please call the agency or visit the website.
Disability Action Center, Inc.
Midlands Office: 1115 Belleview Street Columbia SC, 29201
Phone: (800) 681-6805
Upstate Office: 330 Pelham Road Suite 102-B Greenville, SC 29615
Phone: (800) 681-7715
Area Served: South Carolina
Accept military family members and individuals with disabilities are eligible.
Website: www.dacsc.org
Email address: dacdirect1@sc.rr.com
Dream Riders
An accredited NARHA horseback riding program for people with special needs serving
various types of handicapping conditions.
156 Sandy Hill Road, Lexington, SC 29072.
Telephone: (803) 957-7906.
Website: www.dreamrider.org
Email address: dream2@mindspring.com
Services Available: Serve clients through the use of the horse for the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional and social well being of people with special needs. Organization achieves this by way of therapy, education, sports and recreational/leisure with a focus on safety at all times.
Professional Staff: Instructors and volunteers.
Area Served: South Carolina.
Eligibility: Individuals with special needs
Accept military family members. Agency is supported by donations and sponsorships. For more information please contact agency or visit the website.
Early Autism Project, Inc.
2580 Lin-Do Court Sumter, SC 29150
Telephone: (803) 905-4427 Fax: (803) 905-4431
Website: www.sceap.com or http://www.sceap.com/index2.shtml
Services available: Provides ABA services, such as initial workshops, follow-ups, and on- going ABA therapy. The agency can also assist supervision to private families and school districts across the Palmetto State. The clinic also serves families outside South Carolina, providing ABA training workshops, therapy, consultation, and follow-up supervision to children throughout the Southeast.
Professional Staff: Board Certified Clinicians.
Area served: South Carolina and Georgia.
Accept active military family members. For more information about the cost-share, consultation, and other related services please call the agency or visit the website.
Easter Seals Society of South Carolina
P.O. Box 5715, Columbia, SC 29250.
Telephone: (803) 256-0735 Toll free: 1-800-951-4090 Fax: (803) 765-9765.
Web Address: www.sc.easterseals.com
Services available: Provides or purchases rehabilitation and relates services for persons with physical disabilities; services may include physical, occupational or speech therapy, durable medical equipment, orthotics, and prosthetics.
Accept military family members. For more information please call the agency or visit agency’s website.
Family Connection
2712 Middleburg Dr. Suite 103-B. Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 252-0914 Toll Free: 1-800-578-8750
Website: www.familyconnectionsc.org
Services available: Support group, training, father’s network, family partner program, advocacy, workshop, respite, and more. Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. is a network of parents working with community professionals to provide parent-to-parent support and assurance to families with children of all ages who have special needs
Area Served: South Carolina.
Accept military family members. For more information call the agency or visit the website.
Parents Reaching Out to Parents of SC (PRO-Parents)
652 Bush River Road, Suite 203. Columbia, SC 29210-7537
Telephone: (803) 772-5688 Toll Free: 1-800-759-4776
Website: www.proparents.org
Email address: proparents@proparents.org.
Services available: Provides information and training about education to families of children with all types of disabilities. Point of contact: Mary Eaddy- Director.
Area Served: South Carolina.
Accept military family members. For more information call the agency or visit the website.
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
3710 Landmark Drive Suite 208 Columbia, SC 29204
Telephone: (803) 782-0639 Fax: (803) 790-1946
Website: www.pandasc.org
Email Address: infor@pandasc.org
Area Served: South Carolina.
Eligibility: Individual with disability.
Services Available: Provides advocacy, referral, and case representation.
Accept military family members. For more information regarding fees, professional staff, and other services please contact the agency or visit the website.
SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) Division of CSHCN
(Babynet Program)
SC First Steps to School Readiness
BabyNet Program
1300 Sumter St, Suite 100 Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 734-0877 or (803)734-0479 (voice)
Toll free: 1-800-868-0404 Fax: (803)734-1431
Website: www.scfirststeps.org/babynet.html or http://www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/programs/babynet/
Person to contact: Martha Hinson- Babynet Coordinator.
Service available: Provides early intervention program for infants and toddlers less than three years of age with developmental delays or conditions associated with developmental delays including therapies, transportation, assistive technology, nutrition, nursing, social work, evaluations and assessments, speech/hearing/vision services, service coordination and family training.
Eligibility: Children with developmental delays.
Accept military family members. For more information on fees and other services please call the agency or visit the website.
South Carolina Department of Education Office of Exceptional Children
1429 Senate Street, Rutledge Building 808, Columbia, SC 29201
Telephone: (803) 734-8224 Fax: (803) 734-4824
Website: http://ed.sc.gov/index.html
Email address: info@ed.sc.gov or metts@ed.sc.gov
Services Available: The State Department of Education, through local school districts is responsible for ensuring that all children with disabilities, ages three through twenty-one, have available to them a free, appropriate public education. Also responsible for statewide coordination of the planning and implementation of child identification, location, and evaluation efforts (Child Find).
Eligibility: Ages three to twenty-one.
Accept active military family members. Supported by the State Government. For more information please call the agency or visit the website.
South Carolina Autism Society
806 12th Street West Columbia, SC 29169
Telephone: (803) 750-6988 Fax: (803) 750-8121
Website: www.scautism.org
Services available: Provides advocacy, information, training and referrals to professionals and people with autism and their families; fosters support groups across the state. Hosts a variety of educational opportunities including and annual conference.
Eligibility: Individuals with autism.
Accept active military family members. For more information about the fees and other related services please call the agency or visit the website.
South Carolina Respite Coalition Midlands Center Disabilities Collaborative
Telephone: (803) 935-5027
Website: http://www.screspitecoalition.org/Links-Resources.htm
or www.screspitecoalition.org
Email address: screspitecoalition@yahoo.com
Person to contact: Susan Carlton-Coalition Coordinator.
Accept military family members. For eligibility please visit agency’s website.
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