Events for August 7, 2023 - November 28, 2023

 

PA Training: December 2021

Event Series PA Training: December 2021
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities Access Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a […]

Step Ahead

Event Series Step Ahead
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

**UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ALL ACCESS LIVING EVENTS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. PLEASE CONTACT EVENT ORGANIZER FOR DETAILS ON HOW TO ATTEND THIS MEETING** Step Ahead is an Access Living group for people with disabilities who previously lived in a nursing facility and are now living independently in the community. The group aims to provide knowledge, information, […]

PA Training: December 2021

Event Series PA Training: December 2021
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities Access Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a […]

Access Living’s Annual Meeting

Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Each year in December, Access Living hosts a meeting with our Board, staff and community members to honor folks who have done great work, welcome new Board members, and take a look at our year in review. This year, we're honoring U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, State Senator Robert Peters, State Representative Kelly Cassidy, and the […]

PA Training: December 2021

Event Series PA Training: December 2021
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities Access Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a […]

Advance Your Leadership Power

Event Series Advance Your Leadership Power
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Advance Your Leadership Power meets on the first, third, and fifth (when applicable) Tuesdays of every month. All are welcome to join; AYLP members are people with disabilities, social justice advocates, and allies. At present, AYLP meetings take place on Zoom. Please contact Candace Coleman to get the link to the meeting.

PA Training: December 2021

Event Series PA Training: December 2021
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities Access Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a […]

PA Training: December 2021

Event Series PA Training: December 2021
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities Access Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a […]

Crip Wishes: Mail Art Workshops

Event Series Crip Wishes: Mail Art Workshops
Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

For our December Mental Health Support Group series, we are offering a two-part mail art workshop series called "Crip Wishes" that will focus on creating and sending mail art to other group participants. The mail art will be themed around a new year's "wish" for a randomly matched workshop participant and will be mailed out […]

See ya, Stress! A Lunchtime Comics Workshop

Access Living 115 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States

We will meet for a lunchtime comics-making jam to de-stress! Katharine will lead brief cartooning warm-ups and a grounding exercise to recognize the felt sense of stress in the body. We will turn our stress into cartoon characters, to then send to the destination of our choice in a six panel comic. No drawing or […]