The Employer Summit is a one-day conference for business managers, executives, and HR professionals ready to hire and retain a workforce inclusive of people with disabilities. The Employer Summit will show businesses how including individuals with disabilities will strengthen their workforce.

Who Should Attend: Individuals with disabilities, family members, educators, service providers

• Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings?

• Have you been told that doing so would cause you to automatically lose your cash benefits?

• If so, register for a free workshop to let us dispel some of the myths about working while receiving SSI/SSDI and connect you with local organizations that can help you with your job search!

Who Should Attend: Everyone!

Advocacy Day for Access & Independence is the ONLY event in South Carolina that's breaking down barriers for ALL South Carolinians with disabilities.

Who Should Attend: Individuals with disabilities, family members, educators, service providers

• Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings?

• Have you been told that doing so would cause you to automatically lose your cash benefits?

• If so, register for a free workshop to let us dispel some of the myths about working while receiving SSI/SSDI and connect you with local organizations that can help you with your job search!

Who Should Attend: Employers only

As an employer, you may make assumptions about hiring people with disabilities and end up overlooking the perfect person to join your workforce! Able South Carolina is excited to team up with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to educate and empower employers to hire more people with disabilities.

Who Should Attend: Employers

Join Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd for the next webinar in their DEI webinar series on October 21, from 12-1 PM, as Chris Gantt-Sorenson is joined by Chris Sparrow from Able SC to review ADA compliance and the interactive process during Disability Employment Awareness month.

Who Should Attend: Employers/HR Professionals ONLY

As South Carolina begins to rebuild its workforce and economy, let's make sure we lead with inclusion!

Join us for the 2021 Employer Summit, a conference for business managers, executives, and HR professionals looking to hire and retain a workforce inclusive of people with disabilities.

Who Should Attend: Anyone interested in learning more about SC APSE

Join us online on Thursday, September 23 from 10:00-11:30 AM for the annual SC Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE) Membership Event!

Who Should Attend: People with disabilities, especially people who experience paralysis

Able SC is excited to partner with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to offer six-week Employment Resource Groups. These sessions are a chance for people who experience paralysis to build confidence in themselves to enter or return to the workforce, and learn employment skills along the way. These groups will be held online every Tuesday, starting August 24 until September 28 from 11 AM to 12 PM, and will be led by someone who experiences paralysis and is employed. While each session will build on the last one, you're free to register for all or as many as you'd like.

Who Should Attend: Employers/HR Professionals ONLY

This exciting FREE training opportunity is focused on disability inclusion and designed for employers to help your Staff, Team or Network Members confidently recruit and hire top talent with disabilities. If you are part of the hiring process, you cannot afford to miss this training.

Approved for 1 hour of SHRM and HRCI credit.

Who Should Attend: Employers ONLY

As an employer, you may make assumptions about hiring people with disabilities and end up overlooking the perfect person to join your workforce! Able South Carolina is excited to team up with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation to educate and empower employers to hire more people with disabilities.

Approved for 1.5 hours of SHRM/HRCI credit.

Who Should Attend: Individuals with disabilities, family members, service providers, educators

• Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings?

• Have you been told that doing so would cause you to automatically lose your cash benefits?

• If so, register for a free workshop to let us dispel some of the myths about working while receiving SSI/SSDI and connect you with local organizations that can help you with your job search!

Who Should Attend: Individuals with disabilities, family members, service providers, educators

• Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings?

• Have you been told that doing so would cause you to automatically lose your cash benefits?

• If so, register for a free workshop to let us dispel some of the myths about working while receiving SSI/SSDI and connect you with local organizations that can help you with your job search!

Who Should Attend: Employers only

Are you an employer looking to recruit and retain employees with disabilities?

Register for a free virtual workshop on Thursday, June 24, from 9:00-10:00 AM to learn strategies for recruitment, selection, and workplace supports.

Who Should Attend: Employers only

Join us on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, for the no-cost employer training “Engaging the Untapped Workforce” through Zoom.

This exciting FREE training opportunity is focused on disability inclusion and designed for employers to help your Staff, Team or Network Members confidently recruit and hire top talent with disabilities. If you are part of the hiring process, you cannot afford to miss this training.

Who Should Attend: Community Members, Service Providers, Individuals with a Disability, or Educators

The SC APSE Chapter invites you to join our community of practice, a quarterly, hour-long online opportunity to learn best practices in employment services and collaborate with others across the state.

Register for our next webinar on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, from 10-11 AM, where we will be talking about employment services.

Who Should Attend: Individuals with disabilities, family members, service providers, educators

• Are you interested in going to work or increasing your earnings?

• Have you been told that doing so would cause you to automatically lose your cash benefits?

• If so, register for a free workshop to let us dispel some of the myths about working while receiving SSI/SSDI and connect you with local organizations that can help you with your job search!

Who Should Attend: Educators or Transition Professionals Who Work with Youth with Disabilities

Join our community of practice: a monthly, hour-long online opportunity to learn best practices in transition services and collaborate with professionals across the state.

This webinar will take place on Thursday, May 6, and will cover Supported Decision Making!

Who Should Attend: family members of young adults with disabilities

The third and final topic in the series is Preparing to Work: Building Skills and Matching to Job Tasks. Register to watch the webinar live on Wednesday, April 28, from 6:30-7:45 PM, or watch the recording on Thursday, April 29, from 1:00-2:15 PM.