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SUMMARY:Knowledge is Power: A Community Education Series About Federal Advocacy for the Disability Community in Illinois
DESCRIPTION:If you’re looking to learn more about how possible Medicaid cuts\, changes to our Department of Education and the impact of recent changes at the federal level on the lives of people with disabilities\, come join us March 5!  \n\n\n\nAccess Living and the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities continues our series Knowledge is Power Series. We will be meeting every three weeks online to share about disability issues at the national level\, and what people in Illinois can do to fight for what we need. \n\n\n\nEach session will focus on a different federal advocacy topic. For March 5\, we will provide an update on Medicaid and why it’s important for us all. We will also hear about some critical changes to our Department of Education and more. Come and learn with us! You do not need to be an expert to participate. \n\n\n\nHow to join us: \n\n\n\n\nRegister for March 5\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Jerome Palliser at (312) 640-2113 or jpalliser@accessliving.org.  \n\n\n\nKnowledge is Power Series Schedule\n\n\n\nOur meeting schedule is every three weeks on Wednesdays from 1-2:30 pm Central Time on the following dates:  \n\n\n\n\nMarch 5\n\n\n\nMarch 26\n\n\n\nApril 16\n\n\n\nMay 7\n\n\n\nMay 28\n\n\n\nJune 18
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/knowledge-is-power-a-community-education-series-about-federal-advocacy-for-the-disability-community-in-illinois-2/
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SUMMARY:PA Training @Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Become a Paid Personal Assistant for People with Disabilities\n\n\n\nAccess Living provides training for people interested in becoming a paid Personal Assistant for people with disabilities. These trainings are open to members of the public as well as the family members of people with disabilities. If you provide care for a loved one with a disability you may qualify for wages by becoming a registered PA! \n\n\n\nSchedule training:\n\n\n\nIf you would like to be scheduled for a training\, contact a Personal Assistant Training Coordinator. Due to COVID-19 safety measures\, there are a limited number of seats per training. Contact a Personal Assistant Training Coordinator to reserve your spot. \n\n\n\nPlease bring the following items to your training session:\n\n\n\nPhoto ID (Driver’s License or State ID)Social Security CardResume and three professional referencesCertified Nursing Assistant Certificate (if applicable)Face mask that covers both your nose and mouth(Optional) Proof of COVID-19 vaccination\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n\n\n\nPAs are hired directly by a person with disabilities\, not by Access Living. This means you will be employed directly by the person you’re hired to support. In many cases\, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS/IDRS) serves as the fiscal agent\, which means that they will pay you. Access Living is not responsible for payment or regulation of payment. \n\n\n\nOur program is for training only. We are not a personal assistant hiring agency.
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/pa-training-virtual-6/
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SUMMARY:[Webinar] Palliative Care and Disability: Enhancing Quality of Life
DESCRIPTION:Join Access Living and the HAP Foundation for a webinar on palliative care and people with disabilities. This event will have captioning\, ASL\, and a phone option for Spanish translation. \n\n\n\nWhat is palliative care? Palliative care is specialized medical care for those living with serious medical conditions\, such as cancer. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person’s current care by focusing on quality of life for them and their family. \n\n\n\nEnd of life issues are a sensitive and personal topic. While stories about physician assisted suicide regularly appear in mainstream press\, historically there has been less focus on the benefits of palliative care and hospice as safer\, gentler options for end of life support. \n\n\n\nWe will be joined by Sarah Dado and Maureen Burns from the HAP Foundation\, formerly the JourneyCare Foundation\, for a conversation about the value of palliative care. One of the goals of the HAP Foundation is to empower individuals to make informed choices\, and give them a connection to resources that strengthen the continuity of care through the end of life. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Webinar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is the first of two Access Living webinars centered around measures to enhance quality of life of those nearing the end of life\, without taking drastic measures. The second webinar will take place in March and we will be discussing the dangers of physicians assisted suicide for people with disabilities.   \n\n\n\nIf you have additional questions or disability accommodation requests\, please contact Ryan McGraw at rmcgraw@accessliving.org or 312-640-2125.
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/webinar-palliative-care-and-disability-enhancing-quality-of-life/
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SUMMARY:Mental Health Support Group
DESCRIPTION:The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting.Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck\, LCPC and SAIC art therapy graduate student\, Amy Bernard\, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share current concerns\, thoughts/emotions\, and offer support to others through validation\, encouragement\, and even practical ideas to cope. This group will also explore art as an emotional outlet.This group is not traditional group therapy; however\, topics of mental health\, emotional wellness\, self-advocacy\, and healthy relationships will be addressed in a structured and confidential space. Participants may attend as many or as few group meetings as needed.  \n\n\n\n\nRSVP and full info  
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/mental-health-support-group/2022-11-21/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Just Care by Akemi Nishida
DESCRIPTION:Join Access Living and Women & Children First for a virtual event celebrating Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability\, Dependency\, and Desire by Akemi Nishida. For this event\, Akemi will be joined in conversation by Ashley Volion. \n\n\n\nThis event will be held via Zoom Webinar by Access Living. ASL and live captioning will be provided. If you need additional accommodations\, please contact Beth Bendtsen at bbendtsen@accessliving.org. \n\n\n\nThis event will include a giveaway of 5 copies of Just Care! \n\n\n\n\nRSVP and full information \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJust Care is Akemi Nishida’s thoughtful examination of care injustice and social justice enabled through care. The current neoliberal political economy has turned care into a business opportunity for the healthcare industrial complex and a mechanism of social oppression and control. Nishida analyzes the challenges people negotiate whether they are situated as caregivers\, receivers\, or both. Also illuminated is how people with disabilities come together to assemble community care collectives and bed activism (resistance and visions emerging from the space of bed) to reimagine care as a key element for social change.
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/just-care-by-akemi-nishida/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Mental Health Support Group
DESCRIPTION:The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting.Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck\, LCPC and SAIC art therapy graduate student\, Amy Bernard\, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share current concerns\, thoughts/emotions\, and offer support to others through validation\, encouragement\, and even practical ideas to cope. This group will also explore art as an emotional outlet.This group is not traditional group therapy; however\, topics of mental health\, emotional wellness\, self-advocacy\, and healthy relationships will be addressed in a structured and confidential space. Participants may attend as many or as few group meetings as needed.  \n\n\n\n\nRSVP and full info  
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/mental-health-support-group/2022-11-14/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Mental Health Support Group
DESCRIPTION:The Peer Mental Health Support Group is an opportunity for Disabled-identifying people and those exploring their relationship to disability identity to share and hold space for one another in an accessible and virtual setting.Facilitated by disabled art therapist Bri Beck\, LCPC and SAIC art therapy graduate student\, Amy Bernard\, this group is meant to offer an opportunity for participants to share current concerns\, thoughts/emotions\, and offer support to others through validation\, encouragement\, and even practical ideas to cope. This group will also explore art as an emotional outlet.This group is not traditional group therapy; however\, topics of mental health\, emotional wellness\, self-advocacy\, and healthy relationships will be addressed in a structured and confidential space. Participants may attend as many or as few group meetings as needed.  \n\n\n\n\nRSVP and full info  
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/mental-health-support-group/2022-11-07/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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SUMMARY:Issues Affecting CPS Students with 504 Plans and IEPs: Listening Session for Parents (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:As we approach 2022\, Access Living seeks to identify the needs and concerns of CPS parents and students with 504 plans or IEPs. What issues have you been facing? What concerns do you have about your student’s education? Tell us.  \n\n\n\nOn December 2\, CPS parents and students are invited to raise their concerns during a listening session hosted by Access Living’s education policy and advocacy team. We want to know what issues you and your IEP/504 student are facing\, and how Access Living can direct our advocacy efforts accordingly.  \n\n\n\nTo attend\, request an accommodation\, and submit a question to Access Living’s policy team ahead of the event: Register via Zoom and submit your questions here
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/issues-affecting-cps-students-with-504-plans-and-ieps-listening-session-for-parents-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Access Living Event,Town Hall
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SUMMARY:Legacies & Lasting Impressions
DESCRIPTION:3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow Grishma Shah Presents: Legacies & Lasting Impressions\n\n\n\nThis year\, the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) is hosting  3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow\, Grishma Shah. Shah’s first event will take place on November 17th. Please come and join us for a conversation! \n\n\n\nDo you identify as a person with a disability and have wondered about the kind of legacy you want to leave behind? Please join us for this conversation where we explore legacies and lasting impressions\, what they mean\, and why. \n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 17Time: 5-6:30pmWhere: ZoomCost: FreeAccess Information: This event will provide ASL interpretation and auto-captioning.RSVP: Register for this event at this link \n\n\n\nQuestions?  \n\n\n\nIf you have questions about this event or if you have any requests about accessibility\, please contact Abby Mendoza at amendoza@accessliving.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the 2021 3Arts/Bodies of Work Residency Fellowship\, a program in collaboration with Access Living and the Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL). \n\n\n\nDCAL is a joint project of Access Living and the department of art therapy and counseling at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. DCAL is a platform for creative advocacy projects and disability allyship training. Using a peer support and collective care model\, disability community members and art therapy graduate students collaborate as disability culture makers for social change. \n\n\n\nThis program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency\, as well as grants to 3Arts from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Joyce Foundation. 
URL:https://www.accessliving.org/event/legacies-lasting-impressions/
LOCATION:Virtual Event
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
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