Fighting for the Dignity and Rights of Girls: Gigi’s Story

A South Carolina mom’s advocacy for her special needs daughter exposes a systemic failure in care.

Although I’ve lived in Georgia for nearly a decade and the Midlands of South Carolina is where I grew up…my heart remains tied to Upstate South Carolina, my first chosen home. I still follow the news there and it was on the Malarkey News Facebook page that I came across the story of Gigi, a mother whose advocacy on behalf of her 5-year-old autistic, non…