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ADA Center
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Southeast ADA Center 1419 Mayson Street NE Atlanta , GA , 30324
(404) 541-9001 (V/TTY)
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
http://www.adagreatlakes.org
Assistive Technology
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Assistive Technology Program USC School of Medicine, CDR Columbia , SC , 29208
(803) 935-5263
(803) 935-5340
http://www.sc.edu/scatp
Blind/Visual Impairments
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Commission for the Blind P.O. Box 2467 Columbia , SC , 29202-2467
(803) 898-8822
http://www.sccb.state.sc.us
Career & Technical Education
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Office of Career and Technology Education South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, Room 912A Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 734-8410
http://www.ed.sc.gov
CHIP
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
(health care for low-income uninsured children) Partners for Healthy Children P.O. Box 100101 Columbia , SC , 29202
(888) 549-0820
http://www.dhhs.state.sc.us/dhhsnew/InsideDHHS/Bureaus/BureauofHealthServices andDeliverySystems/SC%20Healthy%20Connections20Kids 20SCHIP.asp
D D Council
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Developmental Disabilities Council Office of the Governor Edgar A. Brown Building 1205 Pendleton Street, Suite 453 Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 734-0465
http://www.scddc.state.sc.us
Deaf/Blind
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind 355 Cedar Springs Road Spartanburg , SC , 29302-4699
(864) 585-7711
http://www.scsdb.org
Early Intervention
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina First Steps/BabyNet Concord Building 1300 Sumpter Street, Ste 100 Columbia , SC , 29201
(877) 621-0865
http://www.scfirststeps.org/babynet.html
Mediation
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Deputy General Counsel Office of General Counsel South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, Room 1015 Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 734-8783
http://www.ed.sc.gov
Mental Health
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Department of Mental Health P. O. Box 485 Columbia , SC , 29202
(803) 898-8319
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh
Mental Health – Youth
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Division of Children, Adolescents and Their Families Department of Mental Health 2414 Bull Street, Room 304 Columbia , SC , 29202
(803) 898-8350
http://www.state.sc.us/dmh/caf/index.htm
Preschool, Disabilities
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Office of Exceptional Children South Carolina Department of Education 1429 Senate Street, 8th Floor Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 734-8224
http://www.ed.sc.gov
Protection & Advocacy
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. 3710 Landmark Drive, Suite 208 Columbia , SC , 29204
(803) 782-0639
(866) 232-4525 (in SC)
(866) 232-4525 (TTY)
http://www.pandasc.org
Relay Services
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
(800) 735-2905 (V)
(800) 735-7293 (ASCII); 711 (TTY)
(877) 735-7277 (Speech to Speech)
(800) 735-8583 (SC Relay)
Special Education
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Department of Education Office of Exceptional Children 1429 Senate Street, Room 808 Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 734-8224
(899) 628-0910 – toll free help line
http://ed.sc.gov/agency/ac/Exceptional-Children/
Special Format Library
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services P.O. Box 821 Columbia , SC , 29202-0821
(803) 734-4611
(800) 922-7818
(803) 734-7298 (TTY)
http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov
Special Health Care Needs
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Division of Children with Special Health Care Needs Department of Health and Environmental Control P.O. Box 101106 Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 898-0784
http://www.scdhec.gov/health/mch/cshcn/projects.htm
State Web Site
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Connect with your state’s official website to find all manner of state agencies and information, including how to contact your governor and/or your representatives in the Senate and House:
http://www.sc.gov
Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
(An outreach program administered by South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind. Distributes telecommunications equipment and alerting devices to legal permanent state residents who are deaf, hard of hearing, speech impaired, deaf-blind, or blind/low vision with hearing loss.) South Carolina Telecommunications Equipment Distribution Program (SC TEDP) 101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 120 Saluda Building Columbia , SC , 29210
(803) 896-8337 (V);
(803) 896-8334 (TTY)
(877) 225-8337 (V)
(877) 889-8337 (TTY)
http://www.scsdb.org/outreach/SCTEDP_2007.htm
Transition Services
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Francis Marion University P.O. Box 100547 Columbia , SC , 29501-0547
(864) 661-1551
http://ed.sc.gov/
UCEDD
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
Center for Disability Resources University of South Carolina Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine Columbia , SC , 29208
(803) 935-5231
http://uscm.med.sc.edu/cdrhome
Vocational Rehabilitation
1 – State Agencies
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department 1410 Boston Avenue P.O. Box 15 West Columbia , SC , 29171-0015
(803) 896-6500
http://www.scvrd.net
Attention Deficit Disorder
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) 8181 Professional Place, Suite 150 Landover , MD , 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050
http://www.chadd.org
Attention Deficit Disorder
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) PO Box 7557 Wilmington , DE , 19803-9997
(800) 939-1019 (V/Fax)
http://www.add.org
Autism
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Autism Society 806 12th Street West Columbia , SC , 29169
(803) 750-6988
(800) 438-4790
http://www.scautism.org
Blind/Visual Impairments
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
American Foundation for the Blind 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300 New York , NY , 10001
(212) 502-7600
(800) 232-5463
http://www.afb.org
Brain Injury
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
Brain Injury Alliance of South Carolina 800 Dutch Square Boulevard, Suite B-225 Columbia , SC , 29210
(803) 731-9823
http://www.biausa.org/SC
Epilepsy
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
Epilepsy Foundation South Carolina 652 Bush River Road, Suite 211 Columbia , SC , 29210
(803) 798-8502
http://www.epilepsysc.org
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
The Arc of South Carolina 1823 Gadsden Street Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 748-5020
http://www.arcsc.org
Mental Health
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
Federation of Families of South Carolina 810 Dutch Square Blvd., Suite 205 Columbia , SC , 29210
(803) 772-5210
(866) 779-0402
http://www.fedfamsc.org
Mental Health
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
Mental Health Association in South Carolina 1823 Gadsden Street Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 779-5363
http://www.mha-sc.org
Mental Health
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
NAMI of South Carolina P.O. Box 1267 Columbia , SC , 29202
(803) 733-9591/9592
(800) 788-5131
http://www.namisc.org
Speech, Language, and Hearing
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association 701 Gervais Street, Suite 150-206 Columbia , SC , 29201
(888) 729-3717
http://www.scsha.com
Tourette Syndrome
2 – Disability-Specific Organizations
State: South Carolina
(Serving Georgia and South Carolina) Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia P.O. Box 6147 Athens , GA , 30606
(706) 248-9784
http://www.georgiatourette.org
Community Parent Resource Center
3 – Organizations for Parents
State: South Carolina
Family Resource Center for Disabilities and Special Needs, Inc. 1575 Savannah Highway, Suite 6 Charleston , SC , 29407
(843) 266-1318
http://www.frcdsn.org
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
3 – Organizations for Parents
State: South Carolina
South Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers 1826 Henderson Street Columbia , SC , 29201-2619
(800) 743-3782
(803) 765-0806
http://www.scpta.org
Parent Training and Information Center (PTI)
3 – Organizations for Parents
State: South Carolina
PRO-Parents of South Carolina 652 Bush River Road, Suite 203 Columbia , SC , 29210
(803) 772-5688 (V/TTY)
(800) 759-4776 (In SC)
http://www.proparents.org
Independent Living
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Disability Action Center, Inc. 1115 Belleview Street Columbia , SC , 29201
(803) 779-5121 (V)
(803) 779-0949 (TTY)
http://www.dacsc.org
Independent Living
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Independent Living Research Utilization Project The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research 2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000 Houston , TX , 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V)
(713) 520-5136 (TTY)
http://www.ilru.org
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Department of Disabilities and Special Needs 3440 Harden Street Extension P.O. Box 4706 Columbia , SC , 29240
(803) 898-9769
http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
University of South Carolina, School of Medicine Center for Disability Resources Columbia , SC , 29208
(803) 530-6732
http://uscm.med.sc.edu/cdrhome/
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Center for Disability Resources Library School of Medicine Library University of South Carolina Columbia , SC , 29208
(803) 733-1501
http://uscm.med.sc.edu/CDR/index.htm
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Easter Seals South Carolina 3020 Farrow Road Columbia , SC , 29203
(803) 256-0735
(800) 951-4090
http://www.sc.easter-seals.org
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
Family Connection of South Carolina, Inc. 2712 Middleburg Drive, Suite 103-B Columbia , SC , 29204
(803) 252-0914
(800) 578-8750 (in SC)
(843) 556-5010 (Charleston)
(864) 331-1340 (in Greenville)
http://www.familyconnectionsc.org
Other
4 – Other Disability Organizations
State: South Carolina
disAbility Resoure Center 7944 Dorchester Road, Suite 5 North Charleston , SC , 29418
(843) 225-5080
(866) 874-7730
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