Able South Carolina

We are an organization of people with disabilities leading the charge to: Equip people with disabilities with tools to foster pride and to direct their own lives; Educate the community to challenge stereotypes and eliminate barriers; and Advocate for access, equity, and inclusion at the individual, local, state, and national level.

Able SC is a disability-led organization seeking transformational changes in systems, communities, and individuals.

Since 1994, we've remained a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit that seeks to make South Carolina a national model of equity and inclusion for all people with disabilities.

We are the state's oldest and largest federally recognized disability-led organization.
More than 3/4 of our staff are people with disabilities, as are over half of our Board of Directors.
We practice equity, disability justice and representation, and true inclusion through consumer-driven independence and disability pride.

We didn't just learn this.

As people with disabilities, our work doesn't end when we leave the office. Disability is part of who we are. We live this every day.

Testimonials

"I finally no longer FEEL like a victim of my health issues [and] brain injury…I SEE my potential to be a voice of advocacy in whole new ways! I was able to express myself clearly at my disability hearing and no matter what the judge decides I walked out knowing I am a changed woman who will eventually find my way to a whole new life in ways I never dreamed possible…YOU started the change in me on a whole new level… thanks to Able SC, I am proud of who I am as a disabled person and have confidence in what I can achieve!" - Testimonial from a person with a disability after working with Able SC peer mentors.