Able South Carolina

You're needed! Take the South Carolina Traumatic Brain Injury Needs Assessment Survivor, Caregiver & Family Needs Survey: https://lnkd.in/ezbv-iqh The Brain Injury Association of South Carolina (BIASC) is conducting a survey with the SC Department of Disabilities & Special Needs and the SC Brain Injury Leadership Council. The information gathered will be used to help develop a SC Plan to improve services and supports for people living with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI, all ranges of severity including concussion) and their families. Your responses are needed! The deadline for completing the survey is Friday, May 24: https://lnkd.in/ezbv-iqh  The survey will take about 20 to 25 minutes to complete and is is anonymous.

ROLL CALL! Stop what you're doing and celebrate your disability pride! Today we're celebrating with Keri. Do you have a disability? Let's change how people view disability. Break down barriers by calling out your disability in the comments or leave us a positive reaction! Are you an ally? Give us a thumbs up! #DisabilityPride #RollCall #DisabilityAwareness [Short video featuring Keri, a white person with shoulder-length blonde hair, glasses, and a floral sleeve tattoo wearing a green blouse. Text appears arched over their head and reads, 'Celebrate your Disability Pride!' Gray Able South Carolina logo in the bottom right corner.]

It's Sarah's 3 years at Able SC! Sarah is a Community Access Specialist focused on our digital accessibility programs. As a proud blind woman who is neruodivergent, her expertise is personal. Sarah is passionate about equitable access to digital spaces for people with all types of disabilities. Sarah works from our Columbia office, "Any time I see a client work to make their website more accessible, have a lightbulb moment about why accessibility is important, or serve as an advocate for digital accessibility is a proud moment for me." Fun fact about Sarah, she's fluent in multiple languages! We asked her what keeps her coming back to work each day, "Seeing the dedication of our clients to creating accessible digital spaces.” #DisabiltyEmployment #WorkAnniversary #Celebrate [Graphic with light blue background and photos of Sarah, a white woman with cropped blonde hair, smiling. Other image is of her in a cloth facemask with the Able SC logo. Centered light green bar with gray text reads ‘3 Years, Sarah Massengale, Community Access Specialist.’ The gray text above on the blue background quotes her from the post. Gray Able SC logo is in the bottom left corner.]

Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings? Have you been told that doing so would cause you to lose your cash benefits? If so, please register for this free workshop! This workshop will benefit those transitioning from subminimum wage employment, including beneficiaries, their families, service providers, and support staff. Join us on Friday, May 24, from 1 PM - 3 PM in Greenville! Thrive Upstate, 1700 Ridge Road, Greenville, SC 29607 Register: https://lnkd.in/ebKgVkxw Thank you to Disability Rights South Carolina for funding this program and thank you Thrive Upstate for hosting this workshop! [Graphic with photo of a group of individuals with different disabilities. They are sitting on a bench, laughing, and smiling at one another. Text over yellow, blue, and green arrow shapes reads, 'Disability Benefits and Employment Workshop, Free Benefits Workshop, Friday, May 24 from 1 pm to 3 pm,' with Hire Me SC logo.]   

Mandy Halloran, Director of Public Health & Disability Integration, Dori Tempio, Sr. Director of Community Education and Mary Trunk, Violence Prevention & Survivor Services Coordinator celebrate Health Equity at the Alliance for a Healthier SC, Health Equity Conference. Mandy & Dori were presenters at the event & our CEO Kimberly Tissot received an award for her accomplishments in the realm of Health Equity for disabled people in our state. #HealthEquity #AccessForAll #HealthierSC [Photo of Mandy, Dori, and Mary smiling and posing in front of a Alliance step and repeat banner with blue, green, and silver balloons. They are holding signs that read, 'Access For All,' 'Be the change,' and 'Healthier SC.']

 W.J. Keenan High School hosted a College Application and Career Day for their Juniors and Seniors. Ali Ruegamer, Transportation Program Coordinator, went and gave information about Able SC services and programs offered through The COMET such as Travel Training. This event was to help the students gather information about different colleges, organizations, and possible future careers.  [Ali, a white woman with glasses and dark hair, sitting behind a large table with an Able SC tablecloth and materials about our programs.]

Able SC's Director of Public Health & Disability Integration, Mandy Halloran was honored to attend the Voces Comunitarias event hosted by our partner PASOS. Mandy served on a panel to explain Able SC's programs available to people with disabilities. In addition, Mandy offered hundreds of COVID test kits to the community along with information on the ongoing importance of COVID and flu vaccination. Learn more about our efforts at https://lnkd.in/dSyjreCP [Two photos. Image one of the panel of 5 sitting behind a banner that reads, 'Voces Comunitarias.' Second of Mandy with a member of PASOS standing and smiling together in front of a 'Voces Comunitarias' step and repeat banner.]

THANK YOU! We asked for your support, and you delivered!! Thanks to YOUR donations during Midlands Gives, we raised $30,592! Able SC ranked #7 in the number of unique donors of the over 500 organizations participating in Midlands Gives! Your generosity fills us with gratitude and appreciation. We saw 245 donors give!!! YOU helped us break the Able SC record of donors with Midlands Gives! We could not have done it without you! Your support has been nothing short of amazing and we are so appreciative of your commitment to amplifying the voices of South Carolinians with disabilities. #MidlandsGives2024 @cccfpics [Graphic with purple banner with white starbursts and white text reading, 'Thank you! $30952 raised by 245 donors!' Below four images of people with disabilities using microphones, diverse in age, race, disability, and gender. Able SC 30th Anniversary Logo  and Midlands Gives logos featured. Photos from left to right include Gabe Pizzo, a young white man who is blind, Marly Saade, a middle eastern woman using a wheelchair, Kimberly Tissot, a white woman with glasses using crutches, and Ebony Deloach, a Black woman using a power wheelchair.

WOW! We did it! You are the reason we exceeded our goal, bringing in $30,952 raised by 245 amazing donors! We were It's amazing what we can do when we come together. Just imagine, after 30 years of success stories and impact, where could the next 30 years bring Able SC? #MidlandsGives2024 [Video of Able SC CEO, Kimberly Tissot, standing by a field and pond in the BullStreet District of Columbia. She speaks directly to the camera while holding the Able SC 30th Anniversary logo poster. As she speaks about our past she gestures to the poster. As she speaks about our future, she gestures to the land behind her. Final slide with a purple background and white text copies donor details from the post.]

UPDATE: We've met our goal, but know we can go even further with your help. Donate now! Time is running out to give! Visit midlandsgives.org/ablesc NOW to make your impact- be a part. After 30 years of success stories, just imagine what we can do with 30 more? You can be a part of our success by giving today! Midlands Gives ends at 11:59pm tonight! #MidlandsGives [Purple graphic with white writing reading, 'Time is running out to give!' Includes Central Carolina Community Foundation's logo and Able SC 30th Anniversary logo, graphic illustration of a clock, and donation website.]