About Access Living

a photo of access living board and staff. the photo is taken on the roof of Access Living's building in Chicago. The group of people is standing against a brick wall, on which, in large block letters, is the name "Access Living"

Access Living Board and Staff

The “Lead On” Blog chronicles the work of Access Living.  Access Living is a cross-disability organization governed and staffed by a majority of people with disabilities.

Access Living fosters the dignity, pride and self-esteem of people with disabilities and enhances the options available to them so they may choose and maintain individualized and satisfying lifestyles.

To this end, Access Living offers peer-oriented independent living services; public education, awareness and development; individualized and systemic advocacy; and enforcement of civil rights on behalf of people with disabilities.

Access Living recognizes the innate rights, abilities, needs and diversity of people with disabilities, works toward their full integration into community life and serves as an agent of social change.

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