ADVOCACY UPDATE: Let’s PUSH for Disability Subminimum Wage Phaseout in Illinois!
05.19.23It's an important day for Dignity in Pay: Thanks to YOUR advocacy and the hard work of our sponsors, staff, and...
Access Living Celebrates Restoration of Civil Rights for People with Disabilities in Illinois 50 Years After Landmark Federal Legislation
05.17.23Last week the Illinois Senate passed the Civil Rights Restoration Act (HB 2248), legislation which will restore civil rights protections...
URGENT! Fight for Accessible Voting in Illinois Today!
05.17.23Time is running short to ensure that accessible electronic vote by mail is available to Illinoisans with print disabilities statewide...
Urgent Action Alert: It’s Time to End Disability Subminimum Wage in Illinois!
05.17.23Access Living friends and allies, Today, we need advocates to step up to ask our Illinois legislators to say YES...
Action Alert: Illinois Accessible Vote By Mail – Let’s Get it Done
05.11.23Access Living friends and allies, While vote by mail is available across the state, it is not necessarily accessible for...
URGENT: Fight Against Illinois Nursing Home Retaliation
05.04.23Access Living friends and allies, It’s no secret that retaliation against residents happens in nursing homes. If a resident complains about...
Action Alert: Support Funding for Illinois Disability Services
04.28.23Today, we need your help to serve more Illinoisans with disabilities! On a regular basis, Centers for Independent Living (CILs)...
“Stopping discrimination is only the first step.”
04.20.23My name is Neelam Dhadankar and I’m the Healthcare and Home and Community Based Services Policy Analyst at Access Living....
Action Alert: Witness Slips Needed for SB 99
04.18.23Access Living friends and allies, Today at 4 pm Central, the Illinois House Higher Education Committee will consider Senate Bill...
Witness Slips Needed! Illinois Civil Rights Action Alert
04.17.23If you live in Illinois, we need your help today!Tomorrow at 2 pm Central, the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee will...