Resources
We are compiling a reference booklet for parents of Adult Special needs persons in the Upstate region. There are many activities and services that not everyone of us is aware of. If you regularly attend or are invited to things that are public and offered to the people over age 18, please email them to us!
Our goal is have a current, updated playbook to share !
Here in the Upstate, we are blessed to have a wonderful therapist and proponent of the autistic community. Her name is Tosha Rollins and she has developed a resource list, authored books and informational pamphlets and other products to help us
Quick Facts About TEFRA, MEDICAID, SSI, SSDI, MEDICARE
Contact info for a SC statewide Medicaid specialist in our area. If your child is over 21 and receives these benefits and you have issues you need help with, contact Beverly Harper at Family Connections.
Anderson County Community Resources Guide
Intellectual Disability/ Related Disabilities (ID/RD) Waiver Information Sheet South Carolina Department Of Disabilities and Special Needs
Upstate Challenger Sports Group- (find group on facebook)
Basketball- Jan-March in Piedmont
Baseball- March/April-June/ Sept-Nov.
Dance parties and activities all year round
Davids Table- Monday nights at Grace Church on 81 5:30-7pm
Thrive Thursdays at Concord Baptist Anderson 3-4 pm
Special Friends Meeting- once a month in Honea Path at Chiquola Church one Friday a month at 12:30. Great place to meet parents of special needs!
Motivcare formerly Logisticare is a gas mileage reimbursement for parents/caregivers to get reimbursed for driving them to Dr. Appts/Therapy visits. You must call and give the address, phone number and Name of person your child is seeing. They will give you a Trip # to fill in and you will get it signed(must be signed and not stamped) by the provider, medical assistant, or secretary. Then after the paper is signed you can email to virginia.billingoperations@modivcare.com
And they will email you back and send your check to you. It takes a little bit. Also it can take a bit to get them on the phone so get ready to be patient!
Legal Help
Lawyers for special needs parents for assistance in guardianship, SSI/SSDI hearings, power of attorney
Paul McChesney- appeals attorney in Greenville for Social Security864-660-7576505 A North Main StMauldin, SC 29662Heather Stone- lawyer for getting medical POA, conservatorship, or guardianship864-366-5400
100 E Pickens St
Abbeville, SC 29620
Varner & Segura Law Firm-
864-271-2232
304 Pettigru St
Greenville, SC 29601