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Welcome to the Access Living Home Page! This is an image of Access Livings new Green and Universally Design building. In the upper right you can see the Access Living sign. If you click on this image you can also view the Access Living Video.

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Welcome to Access Living

Established in 1980, Access Living is a nonresidential Center for Independent Living for people with all types of disabilities – one of the first in the country.   Access Living’s programs and services promote the empowerment, independence and inclusion of people with all types of disabilities in every aspect of community life.

Come Inside! Access Living Building Tour

A spotlight on how the building integrates Universal and Green DesignThe new Access Living headquarters is a model of how seamless integration of two naturally compatible design philosophies respects those who use the space. Read More

Support One Of Our Runners

Kim BorowiczKim is an attorney at Access Living where she represents people with disabilities in housing discrimination cases. Kim is vision impaired and runs with a guide. Her and guide Veramarie (pictured here) ran the Chicago Marathon together in 2008 and will run it together again this year. Please support Kim and Veramarie as they run for Access Living. Donate Now

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Featured Artist

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Blake LenoirBlake Lenoir (b. 1984, Chicago, IL) renders the flora and fauna of his native Illinois with the same compulsive intensity he brings to drawing the endangered species of the Amazon basin. Filling the page with butterflies, insects, native grasses, flowering plants, tree-dwelling mammals, and birds with exotic plumage, Lenoir depicts the jungle (or the prairie) as a Wild Kingdom teeming with life of every sort. Read More

Ways You Can Help

Federal, State & Local Level SupportSee more information about how Access Living prioritizes their efforts on the Federal, state and local levels, in addition to key accomplishments within the personal assistant and healthcare team: Read More Donate to Access Living