Access Living Statement: Amended Affordable Requirements Ordinance for Housing
04.22.21Access Living along with our coalition partners at the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI), do not support City Council’s passage this...
Access Living Statement on the Conviction of Derek Chauvin
04.21.21Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty yesterday —on all counts — of the brutal and senseless...
Statement Regarding the Shooting of Adam Toledo
04.16.21Yesterday, authorities released body camera video that shows the horrific shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago Police on March...
Access Living Statement on Mass Shootings
03.31.21Connecting mental illness to mass shootings is inappropriate and dangerous. It exacerbates and promotes harmful, inaccurate stereotypes about people with...
Statement Against Asian American Pacific Islander Hate and Violence
03.17.21Yesterday evening eight people were tragically killed at three separate spas in Georgia. Six of the people killed were Asian...
Andrés Gallegos, Named New chairman of the National Council on Disability
01.22.21We are thrilled to announce that our immediate past board chairman, longtime board member, and Access Living ally, Andrés Gallegos,...
Disability Organization Takes Virtual Event Access to Next Level
11.16.20Chicago — Access Living, a leading disability rights and service organization, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Wednesday, November 18, with...
Access Living CEO Karen Tamley Named to the Biden Transition Team
11.10.20November 10, 2020 at 2:03 p.m. CST "Biden’s transition team has assembled a list of 500 experts in federal policy...
CPS Investment in First Floor Access Does Not Prioritize Needs of Disabled Students
08.25.20CHICAGO – Today Access Living published its annual review of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) special education budget for FY2021,...
What Does the Illinois “Stay at Home” Order Mean for People with Disabilities?
03.20.20This afternoon the Governor announced an executive order to "stay at home" for the state of Illinois, starting March 21 at 5...