#CripTheVote 2020: Voting Resources for People with Disabilities
10.22.20ELECTION DAY: NOVEMBER 3, 2020 It's election time, and now more than ever, it is important to have a voting...
Day One: Action Week for Illinois Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA)
10.12.20This week, Access Living will be hosting online action to support the Community Emergency Services and Supports Act (CESSA). CESSA...
Disability + Dance
09.28.20Editor’s Note: Alana Wallace, founder of Chicago’s first diverse-abilities dance company, will participate in a panel on inclusive dance as...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Invisible Disabilities
09.14.20Editor’s Note: Ashley Eisenmenger is Public Relations Coordinator at Access Living and the editor of this blog. A blind woman,...
Disability 101
08.24.20The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more...
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...