Community Resource Links
Resource Links You will, hopefully, find that one or more of the links below will provide you with assistance in your quest for additional information. Also, please not hesitate to pose a question by e‐mailing Ralph Courtney, Executive Director, [email protected], who will attempt to find information, a staff member, or another agency to assist you.
Aiken County Board of Disabilities: www.aikenboard.org
Aiken County Public Schools – Office of Special Education: 803‐641‐2624
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD): www.aamr.org
ANCOR: www.ancor.org Arc of South Carolina: www.arcsc.org
Association for Children with Down Syndrome: www.acds.org
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH): www.tash.org
Brain Injury Association of S.C.: www.biausa.org/SC
Center for Medicaid Services: www.cms.gov Council on Quality and Leadership: www.thecouncil.org
Coping with COVID Stress: www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/disability-tip-sheet
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC): www.cec.sped.org/am/template.cfm?section=Home
Creating a Sensory Friendly Home: www.bigrentz.com/blog/sensory-friendly-home-modifications-autism-sensory-processing-disorder
Family Connection of South Carolina: www.familyconnectionsc.org
Features of Accessible Apartments: www.apartmentguide.com/blog/disability-apartments-looks-features
First Steps: www.scfirststeps.org
Greenwood Genetics Center: www.ggc.org
Great Oak Aiken Therapeutic Riding Center: www.greatoakatrc.org
How to Find an Accessible Apartment: www.rent.com/blog/how-to-find-an-accessible-apartment
JustGive.org: www.justgive.org
Making Special Education Work for your Child During COVID: www.health.harvard.edu/blog/making-special-education-work-for-your-child-during-covid-19
National Disability Rights Network (NAPAS): www.napas.org
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities: www.nichcy.org
National Down Syndrome Society: www.ndss.org
National Fragile X Foundation: www.fragilex.org
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: www.nofas.org
Parents Reaching Out to Parents (Pro‐Parents): www.proparents.org
Prader‐Willi Syndrome Association: www.pwausa.org
Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A): www.protectionandadvocacy‐sc.org
Qualified Provider Listings (QPLs): To find out the qualified service providers in your area, go to www.ddsn.sc.gov; click on Service Delivery System; click on List of All Qualified Service Providers; click Qualified Service Providers List, click yellow box.
Resources for Kids in Trauma: www.sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/traumatic-experiences/
S.C. Access: www.scaccesshelp.org
S.C. Assistive Technology Project: www.sc.edu/scatp
S.C. Autism Society: www.scautism.org
S.C. Centers for Equal Justice: www.sclegalservicesprograms.org/sccej.html
S.C. Department of Disabilities and Special Needs: (DDSN)www.ddsn.sc.gov
S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC): www.scdhec.gov
S.C. Department of Social Services – Aiken County: www.dss.sc.gov/content/about/counties/counties.aspx?ID=2
S.C. Department of Vocational Rehabilitation: (VR) www.scvrd.net/
S.C. Depart. of Vocational Rehabilitation – Aiken Office: www.scvr.net_contact.php?id=Aiken&type+AO
S.C. Developmental Disabilities Council: www.scddc.state.sc.us
S.C. Disabilities Collaborative: www.uscm.med.sc.edu
S.C. Legislature: www.scstatehouse.gov/members/bios/1296590754.html
S.C. Spinal Cord Injury Association: http://www.scspinalcord.org
S.C. State Library Talking Book Services: www.state.library.sc.gov
Special Olympics: www.specialolympics.org
Special Needs Trusts: What Parents and Caregivers Need to Know: www.justgreatlawyers.com/legal-guides/speical-needs-trusts
The arc: www.thearc.org Trips, Inc. – Special Adventures: www.tripsinc.com
United Cerebral Palsy: www.ucp.org
U.S. Department of Justice: www.justice.gov
U.S. Social Security Administration: www.ssa.gov
United Way of Aiken County: www.uwaiken.org
Your DNA Genetic Resources: https://yourdna.com/genetic-
Your DNA Safe/Healthy/Pregnancy: https:/