Amid the Nursing Home Crisis, Home and Community-Based Services Should Take Center Stage
08.06.20Editor’s note: Today’s blog post is written by Angel Love Miles, Ph.D, Access Living’s Healthcare and Home and Community Based...
Reflections on #ADA30 from a Member of the ADA Generation
07.26.20Editor’s Note: Ashley Eisenmenger is Public Relations Coordinator at Access Living and the editor of this blog. A blind woman,...
A Congressional Action Alert, Then Check Out #ADA30inColor
07.23.20This is a great project featuring a series of original essays on the past, present, and future of disability rights...
Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the ADA: Upcoming Online Events
07.21.20Access Living friends and allies: Today, we'd like to highlight online opportunities that are being held in relation to the...
National HCBS Call to Action; Federal Update on HCBS Settings Rule
07.17.20Access Living friends and allies, We have an action alert and a key policy update for you today…read on. You...
Town Hall: Emergency Response Alternatives in Illinois
07.09.20Join Access Living for a Virtual Town Hall at 6 p.m. Monday, July 13 to learn about the Community Emergency Services...
Michael Hickson and #BlackDisabledLivesMatter
07.06.20Content warning: racism, ableism, medical murder Discussions about quality of life as it relates to people with disabilities are deeply...
Illinois Rallies for Home Care Justice, Better Investment in Community Supports
07.02.20Access Living friends and allies: Yesterday Access Living joined our allies at SEIU Healthcare Illinois and Indiana and the Illinois...
Petition Sent to Federal Agencies on Disability Death Toll in Congregate Settings
06.25.20Access Living friends and allies: Today, we'd like to bring your attention to a federal petition filed on Tuesday, related...
21st Anniversary of Olmstead, and What Lies Ahead
06.23.20Dear Access Living friends and allies, Yesterday, June 22, was the 21st anniversary of the Olmstead U.S. Supreme Court case....