Welcome to the Access Living Youth Site!
WAKE UP TO DISABILITY PRIDE AT ACCESS LIVING!
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.
*NEW PAGE: Resources for College
Above, AYLP members Damian, Chris, Krystal, Zorytza and Jason wait at the bus stop
with Independent Living Skills Coordinator Carleda Johnson (in yellow t-shirt)
Check out Access Living youth and staff in the news!
"Access Living Offers Reaching Our Dreams": http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/disability_issues&id=7008205
"Disabled Students Break through College Barriers": http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=126151
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