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Consent Decree will ensure that people with disabilities receive power wheelchairsSettlement to increase the independence of people with disabilitiesCHICAGO – Recognizing that nursing home residents with severe disabilities deserve [motorized wheelchairs] immediately, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today entered a consent decree resolving a class action discrimination complaint brought by four individuals with disabilities against the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The decree (Jackson v. Maram No. 04-C-0174) mandates that all Medicaid-eligible nursing facility residents in Illinois be provided with, when medically appropriate, a motorized wheelchair.
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February 28, 2008 |
| Access Living Update March 30, 2009March 30 - April 12, 2009A report of Access Living news and events between March 30 and April 12, 2009Read More
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March 30, 2009 |
| Disability coalition testifies in Springfield on behalf of community-based services On April 22, Access Living, as part of the Community for All Coalition, testified in Springfield in support of community based services in the Illinois Budget. Read More
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April 22, 2010 |
| Access Living Frees Thirty-Six People!On Friday, May 7, 2010, Access Living hosted the Chicago Housing Authority to begin the initial process to provide Housing Choice Vouchers to our People -- and thirty-six of them received their vouchers!Read More
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May 10, 2010 |
| New class of YIELDD graduatesRead More
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June 4, 2010 |
| A Huge Step Forward for People with Mental IllnessHistoric agreement reached to transition Illinois residents unnecessarily housed in large, impersonal nursing homesLast week was a good week for people with mental illness in Illinois. On Thursday, a federal judge granted preliminary approval for an historic agreement between the State of Illinois and thousands of people with psychiatric disabilities represented by a number of advocacy groups, including Access Living, and a private law firm - led, in this case, by the ACLU of Illinois - that will give thousands of people with mental illness an opportunity, if they choose, to move out of large, private nursing homes and into community-based settings. This agreement marks a sea change in Illinois state policy - which for far too long has relied on troubled, sometimes dangerous nursing homes to serve people with mental illness.Read More
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June 14, 2010 |
| Breast Cancer Screening: The Right to KnowEarly detection is absolutely the key!Read More
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June 23, 2010 |
| Renaissance 2010 and students with disabilities New report finds that students with disabilities do no better at Renaissance 2010 SchoolsRead More
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May 27, 2009 |
| Disability Community Rallies to protect independence Facing budget cuts that could force people into costly institutions, disability advocates and organizations representing thousands of people with developmental, psychiatric and physical disabilities rallied outside the State of Illinois Building today. Read More
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July 19, 2010 |
| Access Living 30th AnniversaryOn July 13, 2010, Senator Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) entered into the Congressional Record a tribute to Access Living in honor of the organization's 30th Anniversary Read More
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July 22, 2010 |
| 20th Anniversary ADA CelebrationsAround the country this summer, the community has celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Read More
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August 10, 2010 |
| Chicago Public Schools FY 2011 Budget ReviewAccess Living's annual review of the Chicago Public School's proposed budget Read More
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August 26, 2010 |
| Access Living Releases Statement on Fairness Hearing in Williams vs. Quinn Consent DecreeOn September 7, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge William Hart presided over a fairness hearing to consider a proposed consent decree agreed to by the State of Illinois and a coalition of legal services organizations on behalf of thousands of persons with mental illnesses in Illinois.Read More
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September 8, 2010 |
| Access Living Update Volume 25Calendar of Events between June 15 and June 29, 2009The Access Living Update is a listing of Access Living and community events from June 15 - June 29, 2009. Read More
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June 26, 2009 |
| Hundreds rally to mark Olmstead Anniversary On June 22, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities is discrimination. Ten years later, the State of Illinois still is unable to offer people with disabilities a real choice in terms of where to receive long-term care services. Read More
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July 2, 2009 |
| Thousands march in 2009 Disability Pride Parade On the morning of July 25, shouting chants, carrying banners, riding on floats, thousands of people with disabilities, their allies, friends and families, marched up Dearborn Street in Chicago for the 2009 Disability Pride Parade.Read More
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July 30, 2009 |
US signs UN Convention on the rights
of people with disabilities
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July 31, 2009 |
| Access Living Update Volume 22April 14 - April 25, 2009A report of Access Living and disability events between April 14 and April 25, 2009. Read More
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April 14, 2009 |
Statement from Access Living after the passing
of Senator Edward M. Kennedy
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August 27, 2009 |
| Disability community fights cuts to vital servicesProposed cuts to home services threaten independence of people with disabilities Read More
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August 28, 2009 |
