Did You Miss Lead On LIVE? Watch it Now!
Lead On LIVE: Access Living’s Gala…Reimagined is available now to watch online. This accessible, virtual event highlights our work as we celebrate 40 years and look to the future. Watch it here.
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Ignite Disability Pride and Fuel Social Change – Get involved
Join a campaign or one of our community organizing groups, become a mentor or a mentee in our youth mentoring program, fundraise and strategize as part of our Young Professionals Council, get and give support in one of our peer support groups and more.
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Invisible Disabilities
The term invisible disability seems self-exclamatory. Simply put, it is a disability that cannot be seen when looking at someone. According to the ADA, a disability is a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities. There is no specification that a disability has to be apparent upon first glance.
The Disability Culture Activism Lab
In partnership with Access Living’s Arts and Culture Project, the Disability Culture Activism Lab provides teaching and hands-on learning through disability justice–a framework that examines disability in connection to other forms of oppressions and identities.
We are Access Living
Access Living is a center of service, advocacy, and social change for people with disabilities led and run by people with disabilities.
We ignite disability power and pride, provide critical services, and break down systemic barriers to create a stronger, more inclusive society.
We envision a world free from barriers and discrimination – where disability is a respected and natural part of the human experience and people with disabilities are included and valued.
News
All newsStatement Regarding the Shooting of Adam Toledo
Yesterday, authorities released body camera video that shows the horrific shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago Police on March…
DCAL Junior Artists-in-Residence Featured at La Grange Art League
This April, DCAL Junior Artists-in-Residence Justin Cooper and Genevieve Nutley are the featured guest artists at the La Grange Art…
FOUR Illinois Action Alerts! Join INCIL’s Week of Action
Access Living friends and allies, Today is the last day of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL)…