Welcome to the AL Youth Site!
New! The Empowered Fe Fes Go To Detroit!
Some of our Empowered Fe Fes and Ana Mercado will be in Detroit for the Allied Media Conference
from June 20 to June 22! Visit www.alliedmediaconference.org to learn more. If you are in
Detroit, try to catch the Fe Fes and learn more about their group.
Also, if you are interested in an Empowered Fe Fes t-shirt, they are $15. To order one,
contact Ana at amercado@accessliving.org or call (312)
640-2190.
New! Chicago Youth Accepted to ADAPT National Youth Summit from June
20-23!
We are excited to announce that Zorytza Rodriguez and Christine Wilk have been accepted to this
year's ADAPT National Youth Summit, where they will elarn ADAPT style organizing skills! Zorytza is a
graduate of YIELDD the Power! and a member of AYLP. Christine is a graduate of YIELDD the Power!, a former
member of AYLP and currently is the chair for Access Living's Youth Advisory Board. Good luck womyn!
See past pictures and announcements! Click on these links:
The Empowered Fe Fes Host Spa Day
Valentine's 2008
Jason English Poetry
Halloween 2007
Jose Ocampo Wins Advocate of the Year
Across the country, young people with disabilities are waking up to disability pride and culture.
We want equal rights and equal lives. What we need is information that will empower us
to advocate for the lives we want. That's why we created this website.
Most of the time, those of us with disabilities are the only ones in our families who have a disability.
It's hard to explain what that's like to people without disabilities. However, at this website you can
find information by and about people who know what it's like living life with a disability.
We've got REAL information for your REAL life with a disability: stuff about dating, activism, getting news,
disability pride, participating in Chicago events.
Access Living is part of the Independent Living movement. We believe in the right of all people to make
their own decisions about their lives. We work to give people the power to decide where they will live
and what they will do in their every day lives. We work to fight shame and discrimination that keep
people from being all they can be.
Take a few moments to check out our stuff. Tell us what you think! We are always looking for
suggestions. E-mail suggestions to Amber at asmock@accessliving.org.
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