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Updates on Our Current Work on Illinois State Disability Bills

04.26.21

Today, we'd like to update you on the status of several important disability-related bills in the Illinois legislature. Each year...

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Updates from Access Living: Virtual Thanksgiving on 11/24, Watch #LeadOnLIVE Onling, See Mercy Hospital on CAN TV

11.20.20

Access Living friends and allies: Once again, it's Friday and there's been a lot going on! Today, we want to...

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Important Updates on Congress and Disability Issues

08.17.20

There's a lot of national news events impacting people with disabilities right now, and we'd like to recap what's happening...

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Updates from Access Living: Legal Priorities for the Disability Community

06.17.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to take the opportunity to clarify a couple of items from...

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Federal Government Affirms Right to Disability Support Persons at Hospitals

06.10.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, As many of you know, the problem of hospital no-visitor policies during Covid-19 has...

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Updates from Access Living: Racial Justice Action

06.03.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, At this time, Access Living is currently engaged in increased work to support our...

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May 20 Updates from Access Living: Films! Action Alerts! Surveys and Input!

05.20.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, We have a lot of really important updates all together in our message today....

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Update from Access Living: Strike Averted; Action for HCBS; New Resources

05.07.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, Illinois Nursing Home Strike Averted: A tentative agreement has been reached between Illinois nursing...

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May 4, 2020 – Updates from Access Living: Illinois Help for Stimulus Check Cashing, Nursing Home Crisis, UN Guidance, HCBS Survey Results

05.04.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, As it is Monday morning, we once again have several important disability related updates...

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Updates from Access Living, April 28, 2020: IDEA Win, Health Equity, Prescription Drugs Town Hall, New Voter Access Series

04.29.20

Dear Access Living friends and allies, Education, health equity, a virtual town hall, and a new series on disability voting…we...

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