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Advocacy Alerts

Action Alert: Save Immigrant Healthcare in Illinois!

06.21.23

Access Living friends and allies, Late last week, the State of Illinois proposed new emergency rules to curb costs within...

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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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Town Hall: Home and Community-Based Services in Illinois

03.06.23

Uplift your stories to build a better future! On March 22, Join Access Living, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, consumers,...

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Advocacy News

Palliative Care Webinar Today, Chicago Votes Tomorrow!

02.27.23

Access Living friends and allies, Happy Friday! We’d like to remind you about two important events happening next week, one...

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Advocacy News

Webinar: Disability and Palliative Care, Monday February 27

02.20.23

One of the most important issues in healthcare, and one of the least discussed, is the role of palliative and...

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[Webinar] Palliative Care and Disability: Enhancing Quality of Life

02.16.23

Join Access Living and the HAP Foundation for a webinar on palliative care and people with disabilities. This event will...

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Advocacy News

Advocacy News: Disability Pride Parade; Illinois Immigrant Healthcare; Ambulance Emergency Services in Chicago

07.12.22

Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to share about some great upcoming events: the 2022 Chicago Disability Pride...

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Emergency Transportation: A Community Conversation

07.05.22

Often when people with disabilities or seniors are picked up by an ambulance, they are not able to bring their mobility, medical,...

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Advocacy Alerts

Advocacy Alert: DREDF Statement On Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Right to Abortion

06.24.22

The Supreme Court today overturned the right to abortion. A statement just released from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF),...

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Advocacy News

June 2: Town Hall on Disability Devices and Emergency Transportation

05.24.22

June 2, 2022: Town Hall on Disability Devices and Emergency Transportation Are you a person with a disability who has...

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