Emergency Transportation: A Community Conversation
07.20.22Often when people with disabilities or seniors are picked up by an ambulance, they are not able to bring their mobility, medical,...
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...
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...
“Home services are just as important as roads and bridges. Care Can’t Wait.”
11.11.21In this 10 minute audio clip, WBBM RadioNews reporters cover the recent Build Back Better Act rally of home healthcare...
Disability, Race, and Healthcare Inequities: 2nd Roundtable Discussion
09.15.21Join Access Living for our second roundtable discussion centered on the intersections of disability, race, and health care inequities experienced...
Illinois Action Alert TODAY, 9/3: Ask Congress to Support Community Living
09.03.21Access Living friends and allies, Today, we need Illinois advocates' help to ensure that key members of Congress from Illinois...
Statement Regarding Reached Agreement with University of Illinois Health
07.13.21The University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health) and Dr. Angel Miles amicably worked together in a...
Updates from Access Living: New Vaccine Guidelines for Youth, Transportation, and Vaccine Survey for Disability Community
05.12.21Today we have new vaccine information we want to share with you, including: On May 11, the FDA authorized the...