Great Lakes ADA Center
Our mission is to provide guidance, training, and information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Our mission is to provide guidance, training, and information on the Americans with Disabilities Act.
DHS’s Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS) is the state’s lead agency serving individuals with disabilities. DRS works with people with disabilities and their families to assist them in making informed choices to achieve full community participation through employment, education, and independent living opportunities. Please click here to view an informational video about DHS/Division of Rehabilitation …
DSC provides services to approximately 1100 adults and children annually. Adult services are community focused and based, with an emphasis on independence to enhance the quality of life as defined by the individual. Support is offered in independent living skills, employment and residential options, and recreational opportunities. DSC’s Family Development is a home-visiting program offering …
CTF ILLINOIS is a nonprofit organization that has provided services throughout the state of Illinois since 2000. CTF assists people with diverse disabilities through a variety of programming, including: advocacy efforts and education, developmental training, residential services, community support, job development, and more. Our mission is to empower each individual we serve to live the …
Community Choices is a human services cooperative and provider where adults with developmental disabilities and their families support each other. Members of the cooperative share information and resources. Community Choices provides services open to both members and non-members including Inclusive Community Support, Customized Employment, and Social, Leadership, and Advocacy Connections. Members have additional access to …
The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District provides fully accessible fixed-route bus service in Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy. The DASH card is available to qualifying individuals with disabilities and offers unlimited free bus rides for the cardholder. For those unable to utilize bus service due to disability, CUMTD offers complementary paratransit van services within the CUMTD district …
PACE is a consumer-controlled and cross-disability organization which serves Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Piatt, and Vermilion counties. We are led by people with disabilities in everything from the individual services that we provide, to the overall programs, to even our Board and staff. It also means that we serve people with a wide range of disabilities; …
Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance provides legal assistance to low-income individuals as well as to seniors age 60 and older. Services include advice, brief service, and negotiation and litigation on selected civil matters such as welfare, medical assistance, utilities, housing, consumer debt, elder abuse, and selected family problems such as divorce and orders of protection. …
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The Illinois Association of Microboards and Cooperatives supports individuals with disabilities and their family members in creating small non-profit corporations that help them make their own decisions and control their own lives. The focus of a microboard or cooperative is community inclusion: having your own home, working a real job, and having friendships and relationships …
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AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence for people with disabilities by performing community service, providing AmTryke therapeutic tricycles to children, youth, and adults with disabilities, providing scholarships for therapists, and constructing wheelchair ramps for qualified applicants. Additionally, they assist in the development of Ambucs Park in Urbana, an accessible community recreational park. Click …