SC AmeriCorps Disability Inclusion
In South Carolina, AmeriCorps is inclusive to all types of people. The Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Service Inclusion Project have partnered up to develop outreach efforts to the disability community.
Below are some great tools to assist in creating an inclusive service environment. For any questions about the Disability Inclusion Outreach efforts in South Carolina, please contact Addie Bunn at addie@uwasc.org.
- Inclusion: Creating an Inclusive Environment: A comprehensive handbook designed to assist service organizations fully include individuals with disabilities as active service members and volunteers.
- Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities Toolkit: Emergency preparedness and safe egress are top priorities for every organization. This resource will assist organizations and individuals with disabilities to develop and implement an accessible emergency preparedness plan.
- Disability Awareness: Beyond the Day: This tool assesses the use of simulated disability activities as a training tool to convey what is it like to live with a disability, and offers alternatives.
- Learning Disabilities: What National and Community Service Organizations Should Know: Although awareness and support for learning disabilities has grown in recent history, many indviduals still have questions regarding this hidden disability. This tool provides introductory information about learning disabilities, including ideas service members and volunteers can use.
- Service and Inclusion from the Member Perspective: Excerpts from interviews with three individuals with disabilities who participated in national service. They discuss the motivations for joining national service and successes and challenges they faced and offers suggestions for making national service more accessible.
-Watch your language! Click here for a guidebook on person first language. "People first" or "person-first" language emphasizes the civil rights and equality of people with disabilities. Using people first language names the person first and the condition second, i.e. "person with a disability" rather than a "disabled person"