Able South Carolina
Dori Tempio has a wealth of experience in various roles, starting as an English Teacher at Howard County Public Schools before transitioning to roles focused on disability advocacy and education. Currently serving as the Director of Community Outreach and Consumer Rights at Able South Carolina, Dori is actively involved in training individuals across the state on disability rights and laws. With a Master's degree in Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services from Johns Hopkins University School of Education, Dori is dedicated to educating and empowering individuals with disabilities and community organizations.
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.