“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....
Town Hall: Home and Community-Based Services in Illinois
03.06.23Uplift your stories to build a better future! On March 22, Join Access Living, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, consumers,...
Palliative Care Webinar Today, Chicago Votes Tomorrow!
02.27.23Access Living friends and allies, Happy Friday! We’d like to remind you about two important events happening next week, one...
Webinar: Disability and Palliative Care, Monday February 27
02.20.23One of the most important issues in healthcare, and one of the least discussed, is the role of palliative and...
[Webinar] Palliative Care and Disability: Enhancing Quality of Life
02.16.23Join Access Living and the HAP Foundation for a webinar on palliative care and people with disabilities. This event will...
Advocacy News: Disability Pride Parade; Illinois Immigrant Healthcare; Ambulance Emergency Services in Chicago
07.12.22Access Living friends and allies, Today, we'd like to share about some great upcoming events: the 2022 Chicago Disability Pride...
Emergency Transportation: A Community Conversation
07.05.22Often when people with disabilities or seniors are picked up by an ambulance, they are not able to bring their mobility, medical,...
Advocacy Alert: DREDF Statement On Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Right to Abortion
06.24.22The Supreme Court today overturned the right to abortion. A statement just released from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF),...
June 2: Town Hall on Disability Devices and Emergency Transportation
05.24.22June 2, 2022: Town Hall on Disability Devices and Emergency Transportation Are you a person with a disability who has...
Hospitals, the Omicron Variant, and Your Rights
01.19.22The number of Omicron cases in Illinois has begun to stabilize, but hospitalization numbers remain high. When patient numbers are...