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 ...

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.

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 ...

Dr. Botticello, a social epidemiologist specializing in disability-related disparities, is associate director of the Center for Outcomes & Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation. East Hanover, NJ – ...

Restrictions on use of personal budgets and care and benefit cuts contribute to damning verdict on independent living strategy Independent living for disabled people is in reverse, six years on from a ...

READING, Pa. - A new initiative designed to remove barriers that prevent independent living for individuals with disabilities has been established. Abilities in Motion (AIM,) a Berks County-based ...

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, ...

A new study examined disabilities and caregiving before and after older adults entered long-term care communities. The researchers found that people who went into nursing homes and assisted living ...

Community Resources for Independence (CRI), a nonprofit organization, is hosting the First Annual Fire & Ice Winter Fest to ...

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 ...