Mission
Empowering People with Disabilities to Reach their Highest Level of Independence
How services are provided: The Disability Action Center’s staff provides information and support to allow individuals with disabilities to make informed decisions about their independent living/disability related needs. The consumers direct their case and are supported by Independent Living Specialists and/or Peer Supporters. When a person calls the Disability Action Center for advocacy or independent living services, the case will be assigned to an independent living specialist and/or peer supporter to assist the consumer with reaching their independent living goals.
Counties Served: The DAC has two offices in South Carolina, serving 23 counties.
Midlands Region: Calhoun, Chester, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw,
Lee, Lexington, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter and York Counties
Upstate Region: Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood,
Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and Union Counties.
The Philosophy
Independent Living is a philosophy and a movement of people with disabilities who work for self-determination, equal opportunities and self-respect.
Independent Living Centers had their origin in the late sixties and early seventies when our country and culture was in the midst of a growing civil rights movement. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 allows for the allocation of federal funding through the Department of Education for Centers for Independent Living, or CILs. The purpose of independent living services offered by CILs is to maximize the empowerment, leadership, and productivity of people living with disabilities within the mainstream of community life. CILs by definition are community based, cross disability, nonresidential, private nonprofit organizations that are governed within local communities by individuals with disabilities.
Board of Directors
Please click the link above to view our current list of Board of Directors.
Financial records are made available upon written request. Items may be viewed at the Columbia location once request is processed.