Advocacy Day for Access & Independence
Tuesday, April 8, 10 AM - 12 PM

SC Statehouse & LIVESTREAM
This year's event is planned with hybrid options, where you can participate in-person or online. Participate with us at the Statehouse, or anywhere in the world via our livestream!

Advocacy Day for Access & Independence is the ONLY event in South Carolina that's breaking down barriers for ALL South Carolinians with disabilities. Since its inaugural gathering in May 2014, support has grown to dozens of organizations statewide all unified in an effort to ensure people with disabilities have equal access and opportunity.

At Advocacy Day for Access & Independence, we're focusing on the issues that South Carolinian's with disabilities care most about. Inclusive Community Living is key to our independence! Employment, Transportation, Housing, and Healthcare all affect our ability to be fully included in the community. Our lawmakers have a role to play in how we access our communities. We can imagine a future where these barriers are unlocked, and our lawmakers hold the keys!

Please register to receive notifications about the event and a link to join the Livestream on the day of the event. Please note, when completing the registration, to move to the next page you will need to select "summary".

Official Livestream- Follow this link to our YouTube Channel. On April 8, from 10 am to 12pm, our Livestream will appear at the top of the channel page!

What about accessibility?

As always, the SC Access & Independence Network is committed to making all of our programming fully accessible for all people, with and without disabilities. Our in-person and online gatherings will be a model of online accessibility and accommodations. CART live-captioning services and American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters will be available to all viewers throughout the event. Should anyone have any additional accommodations requests or concerns, we encourage them to contact us by calling 803.779.5121 or emailing advocacy@able-sc.org. Thanks to new innovations in technology, we are able to connect easier than ever with one another online. This is especially important for people with disabilities, who have access to virtual spaces, conversations, and opportunities like never before. We hope that through this hybrid event and the many others happening during this time, people’s perspectives begin to shift about what accessibility and accommodations look like. They benefit everyone and are much easier to use than one might think. To stay tuned, follow our SC Access and Independence Network and Able South Carolina Facebook pages.

Need assistance? Contact Advocacy@able-sc.org