Person in wheelchair working at desk. It’s not just the very old—for a growing number of American adults, completing basic errands can be anything but a simple daily task. Each state can play an ...

JASON: OUR FINAL COMMUNITY CHAMPION OF 2022 WORKS TO TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR ALL PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. MEREDITH: THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN A PART OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY FOR ...

I have had a disability since I was 4 months old. I grew up in an environment where disability was something to be managed privately, without open conversation. When other children asked me as a child ...

The Independent Living Center in Joplin has announced the return of its STEPS program for this summer. This program is designed for youths ages 14-21 with disabilities to provide opportunities for ...

The organization that would become Tri-County Independent Living (TCIL) launched in 1978. Their philosophical roots go further back, at least as far as the 1950’s, when Judy Heumann, the spearhead of ...

The Crockett Resource Center for Independent Living’s (CRCIL) Independent Living (IL) Services Program helps people with disabilities achieve greater independence in the home and community.

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. During the 1960s, disability activists fought for the right to live independently, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Even attending university in the 1960s was a revolutionary and complicated process ...

Deb Hipp is a freelance health and medical writer and editor who lives in Kansas City, Missouri. She is a former investigative reporter with more than 25 years of experience as a journalist and writer ...

Foothold Technology examined CDC data to determine which states had the most residents with independent living disabilities in 2021, how that number has changed since 2016, and how states are helping ...