Access Living, 10 Advocacy Organizations Sponsor Chicago Mayoral Candidate Forum
12.13.18CHICAGO - As the 2019 race for Chicago’s Mayor gears up, Chicago-based Access Living and eleven community partners will host...
Access Living Calls Upon IL General Assembly to Support Protections for Undocumented People with Disabilities
08.27.18Access Living was extremely disappointed to hear Gov. Rauner announce Friday his plans to veto three immigration bills that would...
Access Living Applauds New IL Law Supporting Students with Disabilities
08.24.18With Governor Rauner’s signature of SB 454 this week, the needs of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students with disabilities will...
Disability Rights Analysis of CPS 2018-19 Budget
07.23.18CHICAGO - Today Access Living published its annual review of the Chicago Public Schools' budget for the 2018-19 year, deeming...
Access Living Statement on White House Family Separation Policy
06.20.18June 20, 2018 - Access Living condemns in the strongest possible terms the actions of the Trump Administration in its...
Access Living sues the City of Chicago for three decades of discrimination against people with disabilities in Affordable Rental Housing Program
05.14.18CHICAGO - Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois,...
New Survey Shows CPS Special Ed Problems Continue Despite ISBE Probe
05.09.18Chicago - Despite claims that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has fixed the special ed problems at issue in a state...
Systemic Problems with CPS Special Ed
04.18.18Today advocates welcomed the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) findings of systematic problems in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) provision...
Access Living, 43 Advocacy Organizations Sponsor Non-Partisan Attorney General Candidate Forum on Disability Issues
02.15.18February 8, 2018 Chicago - Following a successful forum featuring gubernatorial candidates two weeks ago, Chicago-based Access Living, together with...
Access Living, 30 Advocacy Organizations Sponsor Governor Candidate Forum on Disability Issues
01.17.18Chicago - As the 2018 election season heats up, Chicago-based Access Living, together with more than 30 advocacy organizations from...