Action Alert: Support Illinois Bills for Students with Disabilities
03.22.21Dear Access Living friends and allies, We need your help TODAY to support TWO special education bills in the Illinois...
ACTION ALERT: Support Illinois CESSA Bill
03.18.21Access Living friends and allies, This Friday, March 19, the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA) will be heard...
Action Alert: Support the Illinois Legislative Accessibility Act
03.09.21Today, we'd like your help to ask our Illinois legislators to pass the Illinois Legislative Accessibility Act. Right now, public...
Action Alert: Alternatives for Mental/Behavioral 911 Response in Illinois
03.09.21Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to ask Illinois advocates to help support the Community Emergency Services and...
ACTION ALERT: Contact Congress for HCBS Covid-19 Relief Funding!
02.17.21Access Living friends and allies: Today, disability advocates nationwide are participating in a national call in day to make sure...
Updates from Access Living: Covid Vaccine Q&A on Feb 18; New National Data on HCBS and Covid-19 Risk; NCIL Action Alert
02.16.21Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021: Upcoming Covid vaccine Q&A for the disability community, new data on Covid-19 risk and HCBS, and...
Help Fight to Save Mercy Hospital
12.09.20This week, Chicago activists are stepping up the fight to save Mercy Hospital, a social safety net hospital located in...
Action Alert: Contact Congress TODAY About Covid-19 Relief!
12.07.20Congress is once again attempting to find some way to pass much-needed COVID-19 relief. Last week, a bipartisan group of...
Key Updates and Action Items: Supreme Court, Voting Rights, Computers and Public Benefits
10.23.20Access Living friends and allies: There's a lot happening this week and we'd like to share the following key updates...
Action Alert: Disability Advocate Witness Slips Needed for CESSA, Money Bond Reform
10.19.20[Quick link to take action] Tomorrow, the Illinois legislature will hold a special joint Senate-House committee hearing focused on bail...