The Protection & Advocacy System for South Carolina
“Social distancing.” “Isolation.” “Self-quarantine.” “No visitors.” These are new phrases we are now hearing in South Carolina. As Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) takes safety measures to protect our clients and staff, we reflect on how familiar some of these phrases likely feel to the people we serve, who feel isolated…
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P&A Service Highlight- Protecting Your Right to Vote South Carolinian’s will be going to the polls on February 29th to vote in the Democratic primary. People with disabilities have the right to vote privately and independently. This will be the first time many people vote on South Carolina’s new voting machine the ExpressVote. This machines…
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New Community Champion Award This year P&A is introducing a new Community Champion award that we will be presenting during our annual award ceremony at the Celebrating Abilities Gala. This award will be given to an individual, business, or organization anywhere in South Carolina that fully embodies P&A’s vision that people with disabilities are able…
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P&A Service Highlight: Systemic Advocacy P&A staff work to improve laws, regulations, policies, or practices to prevent abuse or neglect of individuals with disabilities, and work to enable individuals with disabilities to gain greater independence and full inclusion in the community and workplace. P&A does this by producing oral and written comments in response to…
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Advocacy Watch Children with disabilities often land in the correctional system after they are failed by other systems that are meant to help them. Here in South Carolina lawmakers passed a bill, called Raise the Age, three years ago. The purpose of this bill was to raise the maximum age that teenagers could be considered…
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New P&A Report: The Continued Suppression of Voters with Disabilities in South Carolina P&A has released a new report outlining how many South Carolina polling places continue to be inaccessible for voters with disabilities. P&A surveyed 32 polling places in 20 counties throughout South Carolina in the November 6, 2018 midterm election, which they had…
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Today Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) released a new report outlining how many South Carolina polling places continue to be inaccessible for voters with disabilities. P&A surveyed 32 polling places in 20 counties throughout South Carolina in the November 6, 2018 midterm election, which they had found to be inaccessible four…
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2019-2020 Approved by Board of Directors – September 14, 2019 Effective October 1, 2019 GOAL 1: Reduce incidents of serious abuse, neglect, and exploitation of individuals with disabilities, including inappropriate restraint and seclusion in residential and day program settings. GOAL 2: To facilitate the community integration of individuals with disabilities by protecting their rights to…
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The South Carolina Legislative Audit Council (LAC) published their much anticipated report on Children’s Behavioral Health Services at the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS). The LAC makes 57 recommendations, 52 of which were made to HHS, that cut across several areas of review. From rates to accountability and provider networks, they dug…
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P&A Service Highlight The Protection and Advocacy for Assistive Technology (PAAT) program was created to allow P&As to assist individuals with disabilities in getting, using, or the care of assistive technology devices or assistive technology services through case management, legal representation and self-advocacy training. Assistive Technology (AT) devices or services are things that help people…
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