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End Use of Federal Funding for Police in Schools

02.08.21

Access Living along with nearly 100 student-led and community-led civil rights, education, and disability rights organizations have signed onto a...

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Advocacy Alerts

Day Five: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)

10.16.20

Today is Day Five of Access Living's Week of Action to support the Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)....

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Advocacy Alerts

Day Four: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)

10.15.20

Today is Day Four of Access Living's Week of Action to #SupportCESSA. We're asking you to contact your Illinois State...

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Advocacy Alerts

Day Three: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)

10.15.20

Access Living friends and allies: Today is Day 3 of Access Living's Week of Action to support the Community Emergency...

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Advocacy Alerts

Day Two: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)

10.13.20

Access Living friends and allies: Today is Day Two of Access Living's Week of Action to support the Community Emergency...

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Advocacy Alerts

Day One: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)

10.12.20

This week, Access Living will be hosting online action to support the Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA). CESSA...

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Blog

Disability 101

08.24.20

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more...

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Policy Positions & Legal Cases

Town Hall: Emergency Response Alternatives in Illinois

07.09.20

Join Access Living for a Virtual Town Hall at 6 p.m. Monday, July 13 to learn about the Community Emergency Services...

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Blog

Petition Sent to Federal Agencies on Disability Death Toll in Congregate Settings

06.25.20

Access Living friends and allies: Today, we'd like to bring your attention to a federal petition filed on Tuesday, related...

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Blog

Observing and Celebrating Juneteenth in 2020

06.17.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, This coming Friday is Juneteenth, and today we'd like to share resources for observing...

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