Urgent Action Alert: It’s Time to End Disability Subminimum Wage in Illinois!
05.17.23Access Living friends and allies, Today, we need advocates to step up to ask our Illinois legislators to say YES...
Protected: Bill Tracker: 2022-23 Legislative Session
05.11.23Status: PASSED Status: PASSED
Action Alert: Illinois Accessible Vote By Mail – Let’s Get it Done
05.11.23Access Living friends and allies, While vote by mail is available across the state, it is not necessarily accessible for...
URGENT: Fight Against Illinois Nursing Home Retaliation
05.04.23Access Living friends and allies, It’s no secret that retaliation against residents happens in nursing homes. If a resident complains about...
Action Alert: Support Funding for Illinois Disability Services
04.28.23Today, we need your help to serve more Illinoisans with disabilities! On a regular basis, Centers for Independent Living (CILs)...
“Stopping discrimination is only the first step.”
04.20.23My name is Neelam Dhadankar and I’m the Healthcare and Home and Community Based Services Policy Analyst at Access Living....
Action Alert: Witness Slips Needed for SB 99
04.18.23Access Living friends and allies, Today at 4 pm Central, the Illinois House Higher Education Committee will consider Senate Bill...
Witness Slips Needed! Illinois Civil Rights Action Alert
04.17.23If you live in Illinois, we need your help today!Tomorrow at 2 pm Central, the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee will...
Action Alert: Support Funding for Illinois Disability-Led Services
04.07.23Today, we need your help to serve more Illinoisans with disabilities! On a regular basis, Centers for Independent Living in Illinois...
Advocacy Updates: Elections in Chicago
04.04.23Access Living friends and allies, Today’s Chicago city runoff election is critical for the future of our disability advocacy. If...