Infrastructure Bill Includes Accessibility Wins; Access Living Amtrak Advocacy Plays Role
11.17.21Chicago - November 17, 2021 - A new $1.75 billion federal grant program to improve the accessibility of legacy passenger...
Gov. Pritzker Eliminates the Sub-minimum Wage in State Contracting
10.05.21Governor Pritzker has ended, by Executive Order, the use of sub-minimum wages for people with disabilities employed by state vendors....
Statement from CEO Karen Tamley on the 31st Anniversary of the ADA
07.26.21As the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on...
Access Living CEO Karen Tamley Named to 2021 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellowship
02.12.21CHICAGO, IL (February 12, 2021) – Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) announced today 26 C-level and senior executives selected for the...
Power to the People
12.18.20Last Power to the People meeting of 2020! Join us virtually for a year-end chat with our new CEO, Karen...
Access Living CEO Karen Tamley Named to the Biden Transition Team
11.10.20November 10, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. CST "Biden’s transition team has assembled a list of 500 experts in federal policy...
Virtual Event: #RememberingMarca
09.09.20Access Living invites you to a remembrance and story sharing event at in honor of Access Living’s founding president and...
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...
The Disability Community and COVID-19: A Video Message from Access Living CEO Karen Tamley
04.30.20The COVID-19 pandemic amplifies what Access Living already knows – the disability community is at higher risk and may be...
Big Advocates Week Ahead at Access Living
03.02.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, First, today is Karen Tamley's first day as President & CEO of Access Living....