Hospitals, the Omicron Variant, and Your Rights
01.19.22The number of Omicron cases in Illinois has begun to stabilize, but hospitalization numbers remain high. When patient numbers are...
Covid-19 Disability Action Alert and Pandemic News Updates
12.15.20Access Living friends and allies: As the first vaccines roll out across the country, Congress remains stalled on Covid-19 relief,...
Access Living Statement on Return to COVID-19 Phase 3 in Illinois
11.17.20November 17, 2020 — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker today announced a statewide rollback to Phase 3 COVID-19 mitigation strategies, to...
Media Alert: Guidance Aims to Address Bias and Discrimination, Save Disabled Lives
07.31.20WHAT: Access Living, Chicago’s leading service and advocacy organization for disabled people, will host a webinar to discuss how state...
Senate Covid-19 Action Alert; Texas Complaint; #ADA30 Media Sampling
07.29.20Access Living friends and allies: We have a few different important updates for you today (including an action alert). Action...
Michael Hickson and #BlackDisabledLivesMatter
07.06.20Content warning: racism, ableism, medical murder Discussions about quality of life as it relates to people with disabilities are deeply...
Great News on DACA; New Resources on Hospital Supports; Illinois Covid-19 Congregate Settings Data
06.18.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, Several important updates and resources to share today! Read on. DACA Shutdown Blocked, For...
Governor Pritzker Announces Guidance in Non-Discrimination in Emergency Healthcare
04.10.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, fear of bias in medical emergency situations has become...
Updates from Access Living: COVID-19 and Black Communities, Healthcare Rationing, & Recovery Checks
04.09.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, There's been a lot of disability updates this week, and today we'd like to...
4/2: COVID-19 Updates From Access Living
04.02.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, We have a mix of updates for you today. Please be sure to read...