Community Resources

The Family Resource Center Promotes Opportunities for learning, inclusion, and empowerment for individuals with disabilities and special needs, their families, and their connection

The Center for Disability Resources' mission is to enhance the well-being and quality of life of persons with disabilities and their families. CDR collaborates with persons of disabilities and their families to develop new knowledge and best practices, train leaders, and effect systemic change.

The Upstate Family Resource Center's mission is to help families thrive by providing educational opportunities, engaging activities, and support services to achieve a healthier and more prosperous community. 

If you have a child with a disability or special health care need, Family Connection of South Carolina can provide you with resources and support from others who have traveled the same journey.

The mission of the South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council is to provide leadership in planning, funding and implementing initiatives that lead to improved quality of life for people with developmental disabilities and their families through advocacy, capacity building and systemic change.


The South Carolina Assistive Technology Program (SCATP) is a federally funded program concerned with getting technology into the hands of people with disabilities so that they might live, work, learn and be a more independent part of the community.

Working together to increase successful student post-secondary transition outcomes through active interagency collaboration.

The mission of South Carolina Autism Society is to enable every individual with autism spectrum disorders in South Carolina to reach their maximum potential.

The SCDDSN, as defined in the South Carolina Code of Law, serves persons with intellectual disabilities, autism, head and spinal cord injury and conditions, related to each of these four disabilities. SCDDSN's mission to assist people with disabilities and their families through choice in meeting needs, pursuing possibilities and achieving life goals, and minimize the occurrence and reduce the severity of disabilities.