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Discrimination

 
 
Press Releases & Statements

Access Living Files Lawsuit Against the Chicago White Sox

09.13.23

CHICAGO — Access Living, a leading disability service and advocacy center, and Much Shelist, P.C., a Chicago law firm with...

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Policy Positions & Legal Cases

“Stopping discrimination is only the first step.”

04.20.23

My name is Neelam Dhadankar and I’m the Healthcare and Home and Community Based Services Policy Analyst at Access Living....

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Press Releases & Statements

BREAKING: Chicago Has Failed to Enforce Key Housing Accessibility Laws for People with Disabilities for 34 Years

01.04.23

CHICAGO — Fact discovery is now complete in a 2018 federal lawsuit filed against the City of Chicago by Access...

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Press Releases & Statements

Access Living Files Lawsuit to Protect Civil Rights of People in Recovery

01.11.22

CHICAGO, Ill. – Haymarket Center, Chicago’s largest nonprofit substance use disorder treatment center, filed a federal discrimination lawsuit today seeking...

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Advocacy Alerts

Covid-19 Disability Action Alert and Pandemic News Updates

12.15.20

Access Living friends and allies: As the first vaccines roll out across the country, Congress remains stalled on Covid-19 relief,...

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Press Releases & Statements

Media Alert: Guidance Aims to Address Bias and Discrimination, Save Disabled Lives

07.31.20

WHAT: Access Living, Chicago’s leading service and advocacy organization for disabled people, will host a webinar to discuss how state...

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In The News

Governor Pritzker Announces Guidance in Non-Discrimination in Emergency Healthcare

04.10.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, fear of bias in medical emergency situations has become...

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Advocacy Alerts

Action Alert: Help Protect Against Disability Discrimination in Housing

03.10.20

The Fair Housing Act protects people with disabilities from discrimination in housing. One of the requirements under the Fair Housing...

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Press Releases & Statements

Lawsuit Alleging Decades of Housing Discrimination Against Disabled People in Chicago Can Proceed

04.02.19

CHICAGO – Following a federal judge’s ruling on Friday, March 29, the City of Chicago will be required to defend...

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Press Releases & Statements

Mayoral Candidates Commit to Spending Required to Correct Disability Discrimination in Affordable Housing Program

12.13.18

CHICAGO - Candidates for Mayor of Chicago today committed to spending whatever is required to correct decades of discrimination against...

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