Nov. 11, 2020 – Key Updates and Action Items
11.11.20Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to alert you to some Illinois specific opportunities. Emergency Provider Back-Up Program...
Access Living Covid-19 Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday November 11
11.11.20As Covid-19 infections escalate across the country, we'd like to hear from people with disabilities about how the pandemic is...
Action Alert: Share Your Story About Prescription Drug Mail Delays
08.24.20During the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been many reports that people with disabilities and seniors are experiencing delays in getting...
ACTION ALERT: Keep Up the Fight for Covid-19 Relief for People with Disabilities!
08.10.20Over this past weekend, you have probably heard that Congressional efforts to create a new agreement on Covid-19 relief funding...
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...
Covid-19 Disability Call-In Day: #WhatWeNeed is HCBS Funding
08.04.20Today, we'd like to share the below critical action alert from the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Access Living...
Media Alert: Guidance Aims to Address Bias and Discrimination, Save Disabled Lives
07.31.20WHAT: Access Living, Chicago’s leading service and advocacy organization for disabled people, will host a webinar to discuss how state...
Action Alert: The HEALS Act Does Not Meet Disability Needs
07.30.20Today, we'd like to share the following national action alert from the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL). Access Living...
Senate Covid-19 Action Alert; Texas Complaint; #ADA30 Media Sampling
07.29.20Access Living friends and allies: We have a few different important updates for you today (including an action alert). Action...
Action Alert: Lift Up Victims of Covid-19 in Illinois Congregate Facilities
07.27.20News Alert on Illinois Department of Public Health Changes: WBEZ reported this morning that two top officials who were part...