Able South Carolina
Forrest Hamrick has a background in English Language and Literature/Letters, with a Master of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Asbury University. Forrest's career has included roles such as Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at Able South Carolina, where they empower individuals with disabilities to achieve independence. Forrest has also worked as a Site Manager/ Manager of Language Arts Programming at Sylvan Learning, an Instructor at the Institute of Reading Development, and a Graduate Assistant for Academic Success at UNC Greensboro. Their experience includes teaching, program management, and overseeing staff to promote academic success and independent living.
Able South Carolina
Able SC is a disability-led organization seeking transformational changes in systems, communities, and individuals. Since 1994, we’ve remained a consumer-controlled, community-based, cross-disability nonprofit that seeks to make South Carolina a national model of equity and inclusion for all people with disabilities. We are the state’s oldest and largest federally recognized disability-led organization. More than 3/4 of our staff are people with disabilities, as are over half of our Board of Directors. We practice coequality, disability justice and representation, and true inclusion through consumer-driven independence and disability pride. We didn’t just learn this. As people with disabilities, our work doesn’t end when we leave the office. Disability is part of who we are. We live this every day.