Applying For Services

First, contact the South Carolina Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities that provides services to children and adults with severe, lifelong disabilities with local providers like Burton Center.

Call Toll Free:  1-800-289-7012

There 7 different categories of eligibility:

  • Intellectual Disability
  • Related Disability (i.e., a disability related to an Intellectual Disability)
  • High Risk Infant
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Head injury
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Similar Disability (i.e., a disability similar to a head [traumatic brain] or spinal cord injury)

To be eligible for OIDD services, you must reside in South Carolina and be confirmed by OIDD to meet criteria.

Have the following information about the applicant available when you call:

  1. Full Name
  2. Date of Birth
  3. Social Security Number
  4. Medicaid Number if Medicaid eligible
  5. Home Address
  6. Phone Number
  7. E-mail Address, if available
  • Plan to spend about 15 minutes on your call.
  • You will be asked questions to establish your residency in South Carolina.
  • You will be asked questions to get general information about your disability.
  • You will be asked to select three (3) Intake Service Providers from a list read to you over the phone. The Intake Provider will help you through the Eligibility process at no cost to you. OIDD will contact the Intake Service Provider(s) you choose.
  • You will receive a letter from OIDD confirming your application for OIDD eligibility.
  • The Intake Service Provider you choose or an Autism Eligibility Coordinator will contact you by telephone within two (2) weeks and will provide you information and collect medical and educational records needed by OIDD to determine eligibility.
  • Once appropriate records are submitted by the Intake Service Provider or the Autism Eligibility Coordinator, OIDD will notify the applicant in writing of their eligibility status.