| South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Related Resources/Links Do you have any service providers that you would like to share with other people? In order to keep our resources up to date we are always looking for new local (South Carolina) resources such as doctors or community agencies. Please contact us with your suggestions: sciresearchteam@musc.edu Disability Services | SC Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN)-Head and Spinal Cord Injury (HASCI) Division
Phone: (803) 898-9798
V/TTY: (803) 898-9600
Toll Free: 1-888-376-4636
http://www.state.sc.us/ddsn/hsci/hsci.htm
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 through prevention. | Disabilities & Special Needs Board of Charleston County
Phone: (843) 805-5805 | Florence County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
Phone: (800) 340-4028 | Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
Phone: (864) 288-1907 | Horry County Disabilities and Special Needs
Phone: (843) 347-3010 | Laurens County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
Phone: (864) 682-2314 | Richland/Lexington Disabilities and Special Needs Board
Phone: (803) 252-5981 | Tri-Development Center of Aiken County
Phone: (803) 642-8800 | York County Board of Disabilities & Special Needs
Phone: (803) 628-5999
| | Independent Living Centers | Centers for independent living (CILs) are private, nonprofit corporations that provide services to maximize the independence of individuals with disabilities and the accessibility of the communities they live in. Centers provide, among other things, several core services: Advocacy, Independent living skills training, Information and referral, and Peer counseling. | disAbility Resource Center (DRC)
7944 Dorchester Road, Suite 5
North Charleston, SC 29418
Phone: (843) 225-5080
TTY: (866) 874-7730
FAX: (843) 225-5082
Email: info@drcilc.org http://www.drcilc.org/
| Disability Action Center, Inc.
1115 Belleview Avenue
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 779-5121 or (800) 681-6805
TTY: (803) 779-0949
FAX: (803) 779-5114
EMAIL: amayne@dacsc.org http://www.dacsc.org/
| Disability Action Center, Inc. (Satellite)
712 Laurens Road
Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 235-1421 or (800) 681-7715
TTY: (864) 235-8798
FAX: (864) 235-2056
EMAIL: amayne@dacsc.org | Disability Solutions
963-A West Carolina Avenue
Hartsville, SC 29550
Phone: (843) 339-2028 or (866) 450-3848
TTY: (843) 339-2028
FAX: (843) 339-2689
EMail: disabilitysol1@aol.com | Walton Options for Independent Living
325 Georgia Avenue
North Augusta, SC 29841
Phone: (803) 279-9611
TTY: none
FAX: (803) 279-9135
EMAIL: tjohnston@waltonoptions.org http://www.waltonoptions.org/
| | Collaborators | Rehabilitation Counseling Program, South Carolina State University 300 College St.Orangeburg, SC 29117-0001 Phone: (803) 536-8600 | Center for Health Disparities Research & Education, Spelman College 350 Spelman Lane P.O. Box 1475 Atlanta, GA 30314-4399 Phone: (404)-270-5781 | Spinal Cord Injury Model System, University of Alabama 1717 6th Avenue South, Room 515, Birmingham, AL 35233-7330 Phone: (205)-934-4642 | National Spinal Cord Injury Association 75-20 Astoria Blvd., Suite 120 Jackson Heights, NY 11370 Phone: (718) 512-0010 Fax: (866) 387-2196 Toll-Free: (800) 962-9629 | Naren L. Banik Professor Department of Neurosciences 96 Jonathan Lucas Street CSB 428 • MSC 616 Charleston, SC 29425-6160 Phone: (843) 792-3946 | Joseph V. Terza Professor, University of North Carolina-Greensboro 444 Bryan Building Greensboro, North Carolina 27402 Phone: (336) 334-4892 Fax: (336) 334-5580 | | SCI Research | The South Carolina Spinal Cord Injury Research Fund
Office: 843-792-1337
Fax: 843-792-8060 http://www.scscirf.org/ | The Program for Motion, Exercise, and Rehabilitative Research (PMERR)- The Medical University of South Carolina
Office: 843-792-1337
Fax: 843-792-8060 http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/pmerr | Clearinghouse on Disability Information
Special Education & Rehabilitative Services Communications & Customer Service Team
Phone: 202-245-7307
TTD: 202-205-5637
Fax: 292-245-7636 http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers
| Christopher Reeve Foundation & Resource Center
Phone: 973-379-2690, 800-225-0292
Fax: 973-912-9433 http://www.christopherreeve.org
| Rick Hansen Foundation
Phone: 800-213-2131
Fax: 604-295-8159 http://www.rickhansen.com/en-ca/home.aspx |
Home Health Agencies & PCAs | Abacare | (843) 375-2870 | | Allcare Living Service | (843) 832-9888 | Medicaid, Private Insurance and Sitting | Care For Life | (843) 852-9090 | Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance and Evaluations | Community Long Term | (843) 529-0142 | Medicaid, Private Insurance | Interim Care | (843) 569-5510 | Private Insurance, | Franklin C Fetter | (843) 763-1760 | Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance and Sitting | Health Force | (843) 556-2784 | Medicaid, Private Insurance | Home Instead Senior Care | (843) 571-3000 | Private Insurance, Long Term Policy and Sitting | Amedisys Health Care | (843) 797-2942 | Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance and Sitting | Kelly Assisted Living | (843) 556-1191 | Private Insurance | Maximum HealthCare | (843) 573-0772 | 24 hr. Service, Medicaid, Private Insurance, Sitting | Ashley River Plantation
Assisted Living | (843) 766-9898 | | Optimal Health Care | (843) 763-1760 | Private Insurance | PHC Home Health Care | (843) 762-3601 | Medicaid, Medicare, Private Insurance and Sitting | Sea Island Comprehensive
Health Care
| (843) 559-4137
| (Housing) Housing unit and home health services for the elderly and disabled. Services available in Spanish. |
SCI Support Groups | National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Phone: 800-962-9629
Fax: 301-963-1265 http://www.spinalcord.org
| Anderson Area Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Phone: (864) 224-9787
Contact: Kim Wilson
meets 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. | Charleston Area Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Phone: (843) 863-1165
Contact: Ruth Jones
Phone: (843) 792-2605
Contact: Richard Aust | Conway Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Phone: (843) 679-9932
Contact: Ronnie McFadden
Contact: Ellen Leftwich
Meets at the New Horizon Center | Florence,SC Area Support Group
Phone: (843) 679-9932
Contact: Ronnie McFadden | Greenville Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
McCallister Square 223 S. Pleasantburg Drive, South Carolina,
Phone: (864) 609-0026
Contact: Rick Huntress
Quarterly meetings | Midlands Peer Support Network Group
500 Taylor St, Columbia, South Carolina, 29201
Phone: (866) 445-5509
Contact: Debra Matney; Director of Programs
Phone: (803) 252-2198
Contact: Roy Bartell | Orangeburg, SC Area Support Group
Phone: (803) 829-2043
Contact: Rebecca Felder | Spartanburg, SC Area Support Group
St. Matthews Episcopal Church 101 St. Matthews Lane, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 29301
Phone: (864) 595-1947
Contact: Dot Colson
Meets 4th Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. | Sumter Area Spinal Cord Injury Support Group
Phone: (803) 775-7416
Contact: Roy Bartell
Quarterly meetings on the 2nd. Saturday of the Month at 1:30 p.m.
| York/Rock Hill Area Support Group
Piedmont Medical Center, Classroom 3, 222 S. Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, South Carolina, 29732
Phone: (803) 366-5659
Contact: Bob Alders
Support group meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 PM. Provides support to those living with spinal cord injuries, their caregivers, and families through education and shared experience
| Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
Tel: 800-424-8200
Fax: 202-785-4452
http://www.pva.org
| Vocational Services | Job Accommodation Network's
Searchable Online Accommodation Resource (SOAR)- Locate VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES by state www.jan.wvu.edu/cgi-win/TypeQuery.exe?902 | Social Security Administration
Phone: 800-772-1213
463 Tobias Gadson Blvd.,
Charleston, SC
Charleston: (843) 573-3600;
TTY (843) 573-3615
N. Charleston: (843) 747-1554;
TTY (843) 554-8543 http://www.ssa.gov
| South Carolina Assistive Technology Project
Phone: (803) 935-5263
Our goal is to enhance independence, productivity and quality of life for all South Carolinians through access to assistive technology devices and services.
| Transportation | Tel-A-Ride (Charleston)
Phone: (843) 747-0007
Tel-A-Ride services all of Peninsula Charleston, and portions of James Island, West Ashley, Mt. Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, Isle of Palms, and North Charleston www.ridecarta.com | DART (Columbia)
Phone: (803) 255-7100
P.O. Box 214,
Columbia, SC 29202 http://www.gocmrta.com
| SCI Sports/Recreation | Acheiving Wheelchair Equality/ Lowcountry Wheelchair Sports
phone: (843) 225-5080 Maria Saxon http://www.knology.net/~drc/awe/
| Medical Supplies/Equipment Providers | American Health Services/Adaptive Medical Inc. | (843) 760-2099 | American Home Patient | (843) 554-9785 | American Red Cross | (843) 764-2323 | Carolina Children’s Charity | (843) 763-2640 Fax: 763-2642 | Comprehensive Medical Service | (843) 797-5700 Fax: (843) 824-9605 | Value Medical/Diabetic Supply Service Inc. | (843) 884-7118 Fax: (843) 971-1725 | Diabetic Supply Group | (843) 556-0054 | Easter Seals | (843) 308-7391 | Floyd’s Brace | (843) 824-0625 / 772-8827 | Health Related Products | 1-800-845-4566 | Herbert’s Mobility Phone | (843) 571-1515 Fax: (843) 572-9680 | Medical Plaza Pharmacy | (843) 553-7121 Fax: (843) 553-5800 | Med-Care Inc. | (843) 216-2943 / 1-800-544-8559 | Medicine Man | (843) 871-6944 Fax: (843) 851-9548 | Pharmaceutical Health Care | (843) 762-3601 Fax: (843) 762-4506 | Reliable Medical | (843) 881-4928 Fax: (843) 884-8005 | Trumph Medical
| (843) 534-0606 Fax: (843) 534-0206
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Home Modifications - Contractors | American Ramps
- Marc Gardner | (803) 255-0233
1-800-649-5215 | Ramps | Bath Fitter | (843) 767-4008 | Bathroom Modifications | KRC Construction
– Ken Jakeman | (843) 224-4560 | Ramps, Home Modifications | Ocean Air Repair
– David Rinker | (843) 795-7821 | | Rapid Repairs | (843) 573-4357 | Ramps, Roll-in Showers,
Home & Bathroom Modifications | Vasko’s Quality Builders | (843) 851-2133 | Ramps, Home & Bathroom Modifications | David Wyatt
| (843) 345-3682
| Ramps, Home Modifications
| Food Assistance | Meals on Wheels | (843) 577-2795 | (meals delivered) Serves Charleston peninsula area | Meals on Wheels, CASC
| (843) 722-3675 | (meals delivered) Serves meals throughout the Charleston area including
North Charleston, James Island, Folly Beach, and West Ashley. | Meals on Wheels, East Cooper | (843) 881-9350 | Meals delivered to residents of Mount Pleasant, Sullivan’s Island, Isle of Palms, Wando and Daniel Island. | Meals on Wheels St. Paul’s Parish | (843) 889-3440 | Meals delivered to residents of Hollywood and surrounding areas. | Meals on Wheels Summerville | (843) 873-8224 | Meals delivered to residents of Summerville and surrounding area. | Angel Food Ministries http://www.angelfoodministries.com | 888-819-3745 | Requires monthly order; receive $50 worth of groceries for $25 | | Physicians | U Compare Healthcare Provides doctor choices in all areas of South Carolina www.ucomparehealthcare.com |
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