Americans with Disabilities Act

Able South Carolina's President & CEO Kimberly Tissot joins Vice President Mary Alex Kopp and Senior Director of Community Education, Dori Tempio, at StoryCorps to discuss their agency's core values and vision for true equity for people with disabilities.

The federal government has sued South Carolina, saying the state has not done enough to make sure people with serious mental illnesses are taken out of group homes and helped to get back into the community where they can work and lead independent lives.

As housing costs continue ballooning nationwide with consumer prices staying high, the gap between affordable options and South Carolina’s 1.2 million adults with disabilities is growing wider.

Admittedly, we don’t often profile residents of Arizona here at South Carolina Public Radio.But we’ve never gotten a visitor quite like Jessica Cox.Born…