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Welcome to Access Living

Serving Chicago since 1980, Access Living is a nonresidential Center for Independent Living for people with all types of disabilities. Access Living programs and services promote the empowerment, independence and inclusion of people with all types of disabilities in every aspect of community life.

Something New At Access Living

For Access Living, 2010 is a very important, significant and exciting year. While we are celebrating landmark milestones in the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 30th Anniversary of Access Living, we have also implemented tremendous internal changes. Access Living is excited to announce an organizational restructure that will help us function effectively, better serve the growing needs of our consumers and better focus on important issues affecting the disabled community.

For more information, visit the news section
20th Anniversary ADA Celebrations
August 10, 2010Around the country this summer, the community has celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read More
Support Access Living’s 2010 Marathon Team
MarathonEventPage-Kim-Vera-ThSupport the Access Living 2010 Chicago Marathon Team. Read More
This Week in Disability History
Labor Day, Each YearAdvocates around the country who call themselves Jerry’s Orphans protest against the image of disability portrayed in the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
Featured Artist
Image of a colorful Tiger on a black background. The art work is done by David Blaisdell. Blaisdelluses pastels for this artwork.
David BlaisdellIn addition to his talents as a visual artist, David Blaisdell (b. 1949, Chicago, IL) is also a prolific poet and the author of four novels (as yet unpublished). His drawings range from reverent portraits—of beautiful women and the Russian writer Boris Pasternak—to abstracted compositions dense with hidden meaning. Read More