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Welcome to the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SCDDSN) Website. We are currently working to enhance our website by making it easier for you to navigate.
SCDDSN is the state agency that plans, develops, oversees and funds services for South Carolinians with severe, lifelong disabilities of intellectual disability, autism, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury and conditions related to each of these four disabilities. Our mission is to assist people with disabilities and their families in meeting needs, pursuing possibilities and achieving life goals, and to minimize the occurrence and reduce the severity of disabilities through prevention.
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SPECIAL INFORMATION
Information for Individuals and Families Supported by Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
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Under the new law, the terms “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” will be stripped from DDSN policy, procedures, standards, and the like. “Intellectucal disability” and ”individual with an intellectual disability” will be inserted in their place. Likewise, the combination of “mental retardation or a related disability” (aka MR/RD) will be replaced with “intellectual disability or a related disability” (aka ID/RD). In addition to these language changes, the following term will be stripped from DDSN policy, procedures, standards, and the like: “Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Mental Retardation” (aka “ICF/MR”). “Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities” (aka ICF/ID) will be inserted in their place. These changes will occur as laws and documents come up for revision over these next several years. The language swap will not alter the rights of individuals with disabilities nor will it alter the diagnostic criteria or conditions required for DDSN eligibility or for federal or state benefits.
Please use the link below if you would like to view the DDSN website in Spanish:
(This translation is provided as an unofficial, non-binding aid only. The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs does not in any way guarantee the accuracy, completeness, appropriateness, appearance, function or any other aspect of the translated result.
Por favor haga clic aquí para ver el sitio web DDSN en español. Gracias