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- Mental illness put her in DuPage County Jail. 85 days later, she was dead.
- IL juvenile rights group takes action for education behind bars
- Decades-Old Workplace Bias Burden Test Under Circuit Scrutiny
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, and the Illinois State Board of Education, for Failing to Provide Special Education Services to Youth
- Lawsuit claims years of discrimination against disabled young people in Illinois prisons
- September 18, 2024 EFE Disability Rights Consortium – Register Now
- School district that had disabled students arrested agrees to reform disciplinary practices
- Federal judge rejects Illinois’ bid to end court oversight of disability programs
- ABA announces recipients of Unsung Heroes of Democracy Award
- Home Depot Tweaks Hiring Process To Aid Those With Developmental Disabilities
- Most Illinois jails restrain people in chairs. This county ‘violently shocked’ them, too.
- The U.N. Calls Restraint Chairs Torture. Illinois Jails Use Them Every Day.
- School District 99 Parents Concerned About Special Education Gaps, Long-Time Teacher Resigns in Solidarity
- Give Input on Equip for Equality’s Priorities on June 25, 2024
- Woman sues Illinois State Agencies over Failure to Provide Disability Services
- Cook County plans to replace juvenile detention center with smaller ‘centers of care’
- Register for the Disability Rights Consortium Meeting scheduled for this week on Wednesday, May 22 at 9:30 am.
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 13, 2024
- This School for Autistic Youth Can Cost $573,200 a Year. It Operates With Little Oversight, and Students Have Suffered.
- 17th Judicial Circuit Celebrates Juvenile Redeploy Graduate
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 6, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 29, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 15, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 8, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 1, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 18, 2024
- Suspenden a un niño con hiperactividad de la escuela: ¿Merece su hijo un trato especial? Conozca sus derechos
- Voters With Disabilities Helpline – March 19, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 11, 2024
- Join EFE’s Disability Rights Consortium on March 20, 2024 – Voting Rights
- Weekly Legislative Update – March1, 2024
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 16, 2024
- In Crisis, She Went to an Illinois Facility. Two Years Later, She Still Isn’t Able to Leave.
- Michigan Law’s Public Interest Week Shares Resources, Inspiration
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 5, 2024
- ‘Locked in’: Chicagoans who use wheelchairs, mobility aids struggle to navigate city’s sidewalks during snowstorm
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 19, 2024
- 2023 Year End Appeal
- Supreme Court to increase standards for accessibility at courthouses
- Illinois Taxpayers Shell Out Hundreds of Millions as Prison Reform Lawsuits Grind On
- Weekly Legislative Update – November 6, 2023
- Register for the next Disability Rights Consortium – November 29th. The featured speaker is Tauna Szymanski, the Executive Director and Legal Director of CommunicationFIRST
- Equip for Equality Joins EEOC Lawsuit Against United Parcel Service for Unlawfully Rejecting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Applicants for Driver Roles
- It’s Giving Tuesday!
- Giving Tuesday 2023
- Legal clinic to focus on civil, human rights of Garrison School students
- Disability Rights Consortium Meeting 9/27/2023
- Olga Pribyl – Fearless Children’s Lawyer of the Month
- Volunteers With Disabilities Are Needed To Test Court Forms
- Choate Director Replaced as New Report Says Abuse at the Facility Hasn’t Stopped
- Editorial | Despite state’s call to action, not much has changed
- Equip for Equality Calls for Immediate End to Placements at Choate Developmental Center and Urges That All Individuals With Developmental Disabilities Be Moved Out
- Comment on EFE’s Draft Priorities and Plan Feedback Form by 9/06/2024
- How College Students Can Benefit from DRS Vocational Rehabilitation Services (July 13, 2023 – 12:00 – 1:00pm CT)
- Register for 7/26 Disability Rights Consortium Meeting – Featuring MOPD Commissioner Rachel Arfa
- “Invisible” Disabilities and the ADA Webinar – July 12, 2023
- Olmstead Decision turns 24: ‘Most important decision ever issued on disability’
- Equip for Equality Needs Your Input! Participate in Our Virtual Public Meeting.
- Illinois organizers push to abolish cash bail as they await court ruling
- Act NOW to Ensure Accessibility of Vote by Mail for Voters with Print Disabilities, Military Families and Citizens Living Overseas
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 15, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 8, 2023
- ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Ensure Accessibility of Vote by Mail for Voters with Print Disabilities
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 1, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 24, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 17, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 10, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 3, 2023
- Election Day Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 27, 2023
- Attorney for watchdog group discusses the ‘inhumane’ treatment at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center
- Report by disabilities watchdog group alleges ‘inhumane,’ ‘unjust’ treatment of youth at Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, calls for its closure
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 20, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 13, 2023
- Equip for Equality Calls for Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center Closure after Report Uncovers Wide-Spread Inhumane Treatment and Civil Rights Violations
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 6, 2023
- Surprise and unanswered questions after state announces changes at Choate
- EFE Statement: Governor’s Downsizing of Choate Developmental Center is an Important First Step
- The federal government is investigating an Illinois school that often had students with disabilities arrested
- Equip for Equality / Blind Community Group Meeting – April 26, 2023
- The federal government is investigating an Illinois school that often had students with disabilities arrested
- FREE Legal Webinar: “Reasonable Accommodations and the ADA: An Update on the Case Law” – March 15
- Disability Rights Consortium Meeting – March 22, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 24, 2023
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 17, 2023
- EFE Statement – Multiple Serious Incidents at Choate Developmental Center
- Curbside pickup extended for Illinois medical marijuana patients despite limited availability
- New Report Says Nurses at Illinois Facility Forced Patients to Dig Through Their Own Feces
- Disability Rights Consortium: Independent Client Assistance Program (CAP)
- EFE Presents “Access to Healthcare and the ADA: A review of the case law.” with the Great Lakes ADA Center – January 18
- The Price Kids Pay: School for children with disabilities calls police on its students every other day
- Join Equip for Equality and Access Living for a Panel Discussion on Disability Issues with Chicago Mayoral Candidates
- As new federal judge takes over court-ordered reforms, CPD faces blistering criticism over its efforts so far
- Analysis Finds Many Chicago Polling Places Not ADA Compliant
- EFE & The Second City Fundraiser
- Report Finds “Code of Silence” at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients
- Heading Out To Vote Tuesday? Here’s What You Need To Know About Finding Accessible Polling Places
- Every Vote Counts: Accessible Voting in Chicago
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Pritzker’s oversight of social services questioned amid abuse allegations at Choate mental health facility
- Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility
- Mother begs for better oversight of group homes for people with disabilities
- Concerns for safety rise as oversight of Illinois prison mental health care ends
- Lawsuit alleges Alden nursing homes provided inadequate staff and care, leading to injuries and illness. Company denies allegations.
- Statement on Alden Nursing Facility
- Class Action Seeks to Protect Vulnerable Alden Nursing Facility Residents from Neglect and Preventable Injuries Due to Intentional and Dangerous Understaffing
- Equip for Equality / Blind Community Group Meeting – 10/26/2022
- Disability Rights Consortium: Accessing Early Childhood Special Education Services – 9/28/2022
- FREE WEBINAR: The Supreme Court’s Olmstead Decision and Its Far-Reaching Impact on People with Disabilities
- Statement on Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center
- At a Remote Mental Health Facility, a Culture of Cruelty Persists Despite Decades of Warnings
- A Disabled Young Patient Was Sent to Get Treatment. He Was Abused Instead. And He Wasn’t the Last.
- Messenger: Mental health crisis has people stuck in county jails, waiting for treatment
- Public Comment on EFE’s Draft Priorities and Plan
- ADA Anniversary: Why protections for people with ‘hidden’ disabilities are sometimes overlooked?
- Cubs sued for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium Meeting with Rachel Arfa, Commissioner, Mayor’s Office for People With Disabilities
- 里程碑式协议! 芝加哥公校为残障生不会说英语的家长提供口译笔译
- Legal settlement requires Chicago to offer translation services to parents of students with disabilities
- Landmark Agreement Mandates Language Interpretation And Translation Services For Non-English-Speaking Parents Of Students With Disabilities In Chicago Public Schools
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- Election Day Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- New Vote-By-Mail System for Disabled Voters Launches Ahead of June Primary
- Illinois Board of Elections to Provide Accessible Vote-By-Mail Option for Blind, Deafblind, and Print-Disabled Voters
- Equip for Equality Needs Your Input by July 1, 2022!
- New Law Mandating Remote Accessible Vote by Mail System Will Increase Safe, Accessible Voting Options for Voters Who Are Blind or Have Other Print Disabilities by November 2022
- Register Now for the Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on Wednesday June 1 from 9:30-11:00
- Chicago’s Virtual Academy will return this fall, but little is known after its first year: ‘It’s been a black box.’
- The Price Kids Pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior
- Accessibility at CPS schools called into question after student with disabilities injured
- REGISTER NOW! LIGAS TOWNHALL – APRIL 19, 1-3 pm
- ACTION ALERT: PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF VOTERS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 1, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 13, 2023
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 21, 2022
- ACTION NEEDED NOW: Call Members of the House Ethics & Elections Committee to Support Accessible Vote by Mail for the June 28, 2022, Primary Election—Amend SB 829
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 11, 2022
- Cannabis Expungement Training – March 28, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 7, 2022
- ACTION ALERT: Tell Legislators to Support Accessible Vote by Mail for the June 28, 2022, Primary Election—Amend SB 829
- ACTION ALERT: Tell Your State Elected Officials that Seniors and People with Disabilities Need their Support.
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 28, 2022
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Low Vision or Blindness
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 18, 2022
- EFE Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on March 23rd: The Illinois Mental Health Code
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 14, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 4, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 28, 2022
- Chicago could reroute buses from more schools to help its most vulnerable students
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 22, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 14, 2022
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 7, 2022
- EFE Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on January 26, 2022
- Top ADA Cases of 2021 by Barry Taylor and Rachel Weisberg on January 19, 2022
- Working for less than minimum wage
- University of Illinois Chicago Demonstrates Strong Commitment to Employees and Students with Disabilities by Improving Digital Access for Blind Users
- Equip for Equality Hosts “ADA Update by the EEOC” on Nov. 17, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – November 5, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – October 15, 2021
- Thank You for Celebrating 35 Years of Advancing Disability Justice with EFE on November 18
- Gov. Pritzker Signs Executive Order Eliminating the Subminimum Wage in State Contracting for People with Disabilities
- Equip for Equality Applauds Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order Eliminating Sub-minimum Wage in State Use Contracts
- Sister hopes for change after resident at Booneville center dies
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on September 29th
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Blindness or Low Vision
- Report: IDOC mental health care still ‘unconstitutional’ after class action settlement
- Equip for Equality can help you get the COVID-19 vaccine
- Data shows pandemic exacerbated academic gaps for students with special needs
- GOV. J.B. PRITZKER ISSUES VACCINE MANDATE FOR WORKERS IN STATE OPERATED CARE CENTERS AND PRISONS
- Chicago fell behind on plans for students with disabilities during COVID-19
- Inside Equip for Equality’s efforts to serve and protect people with disabilities
- Biden Administration Announces Resources to Support People With Long COVID
- UPDATE: Celebrate the 31st Anniversary of the ADA and Get Vaxxed!
- U.S. Department Of Justice Files Brief In Support Of Deaf Man Suing Blood Plasma Company Over Lack Of Sign Language Interpreter
- Celebrate the 31st Anniversary of the ADA and Get Vaxxed!
- New Law Mandates Dramatic Reductions in Use of Seclusion and Physical Restraint in Illinois Schools
- Equip for Equality is hiring attorneys
- Equip for Equality Needs Your Input!
- Report Details Abuse & Neglect At Aurora Residential School For Students With Disabilities
- Equip for Equality hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on July 28, 2021, Featuring MOPD Commissioner Rachel Arfa
- Illinois legislators vote to dramatically limit use of seclusion and facedown restraints in schools
- State Cites Low Vaccination Rate Among Prison Workers In Mental Health Litigation
- Equip for Equality Will Host the Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on June 2nd
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 24, 2021
- Federal Office of Personnel Management Improving Access to Health Benefits Information for Blind Employees
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 17, 2021
- Administration to Transition Students Out of Northern Illinois Academy Following Findings of State-Commissioned Equip for Equality Report
- CLE Course on Higher Education and the ADA by Barry C. Taylor and Rachel M. Weisberg
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 10, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 3, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 27, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 19, 2021
- Bill to ban restraints, isolation rooms in Illinois schools advances
- EFE & The Second City Fundraiser
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 12, 2021
- Chicago parents could have more time to file special education complaints
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 26, 2021
- Deaf Woman Says She Lost Her Child Care Job At Bright Horizons Because They Wouldn’t Accommodate Her Disability Amid Pandemic
- Settlement permits release of up to 1,200 state prisoners; medically vulnerable, elderly inmates
- More Than 1,000 Medically Vulnerable IDOC Inmates to be Released Under Lawsuit Settlement
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 22, 2021
- “It’s a matter of life and death;” Advocates push to educate correctional staff and inmates on vaccine benefits
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 16, 2021
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Low Vision or Blindness on April 28, 2021
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on March 24, 2021
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 8, 2021
- Bill would end restraint and isolation of students in Illinois
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 26, 2021
- BACP Announces Recipients of the Chicago Taxicab Driver Excellence Award for Exemplary Wheelchair Accessible Service
- Amtrak Settlement Fund a Step in the Right Direction to Removing Significant Barriers for People With Disabilities
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on January 27, 2021
- Illinois Puts Children At Risk By Failing To Pass Law Banning Dangerous Restraints
- Time runs out for ban on locked seclusion and face-down restraints in Illinois schools; advocates vow to try again
- Chicago Police ‘Illegal, Violent’ Raids Violate Consent Decree, Attorneys Say, Forcing City Back to Federal Court
- More than 10,000 times in a single year, Illinois schools put children into seclusion, latest federal data shows
- Changes to Voting for the November 2020 General Election For Illinois Residents of Nursing Homes & Long-Term Care Facilities
- Election Day Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Weekly Legislative Update – October 15, 2020
- Ballot Access Still a Challenge for Some Illinoisans with Disabilities
- Weekly Legislative Update – October 2, 2020
- Join Equip for Equality for a Lunch Webinar
- Weekly Legislative Update – September 25, 2020
- Victory! Judge rules EFE’s case on behalf of prisoner can proceed.
- Help Plan the Future of Housing in Illinois by Taking This Survey
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on September 23, 2020
- Equip for Equality Attorneys Rachel Weisberg and Bebe Novich Quoted in an Article About School Accessibility During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Equip for Equality Attorney Amanda Antholt Quoted in WTTW Story on CPD Hiring New ADA Compliance Officer
- Statement on the Overhaul of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
- ICDD Wants to Hear from You About the 5-Year State Plan
- Celebrate ADA’s 30th Anniversary with the 30 IL ADA Cases Initiative
- People with Disabilities Ask the Census Expert
- Judge: State Prisons Need To Improve Services To Hearing Impaired
- Mayor Lightfoot Announces EFE Attorney, Rachel Arfa, New MOPD Commissioner and CPS Inspector General to Join Administration
- Equip for Equality Needs Your Input on our Priorities by July 3, 2020
- Court Sanctions Illinois Prisons for Failing Deaf and Hard of Hearing Prisoners
- EFE’s Commitment to Fight Against Systemic Racism & Inequality
- Bill That Would Have Protected Children From Seclusion and Dangerous Restraints in Illinois Schools Gets Defeated by School Groups
- Bill to Ban Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Gets Sidelined After Pushback From Administrators
- Lawsuit Urges Speedy Release of Prisoners
- Families of Special Needs Students Fear They’ll Lose School Services in Coronavirus Shutdown
- Equip for Equality Hosts Special Education Legal Update on May 27, 2020
- Taller Conozca sus derechos – Registrarse
- Special Education Know Your Rights Webinars – Register Now
- Chicago Tribune: “Coronavirus and nursing homes: Here’s what you need to know before choosing a site”
- #GIVINGTUESDAYNOW – Support EFE Today
- Deaf man sues plasma collection company, alleges ADA violation
- Deaf Man Sues to Donate Life-Saving Blood Plasma in Chicago Suburbs
- What’s Being Done to Address COVID-19 at Nursing Homes in Illinois
- 1000s of Elderly & Medically Vulnerable Prisoners to Remain Behind Bars as Judge Refuses to Issue Emergency Order
- Illinois lawmakers vow to push forward with a ban on prone restraint in schools
- Washington Post: “Don’t deny ventilators to disabled patients”
- After lawsuit, Governor orders furloughs for prisoners vulnerable to COVID-19
- Illinois officials promised to ban prone restraint in schools. Then, they changed their minds.
- WGN-TV: “Suit seeks Illinois inmates’ release due to COVID-19”
- Fox32 Chicago: “Class action lawsuit calls on Pritzker to release prisoners at risk of COVID-19”
- U.S. News and World Report: “Suit Seeks Illinois Inmates’ Release Due to Coronavirus”
- Chicago Sun-Times: “Civil rights attorneys launch legal challenge to free prisoners at risk of coronavirus”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Pritzker named in suit to free prisoners at risk of COVID-19”
- Chicago Tribune: “Inmate advocates file series of lawsuits seeking potential release of thousands from Illinois prisons”
- WBEZ News: “Civil Rights Groups Sue for Immediate Release of Illinois Inmates at Risk From COVID-19”
- Press Conference Alert – Class Action Suit vs. Gov. Pritzker & IDOC
- Class Action Seeks Swift Release of Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 in Illinois Prisons
- COVID-19 in the Workplace Fact Sheet
- Act Now: People with Disabilities Are Being Left Out of COVID-19
- Act Now: Congress Using COVID-19 to Strip Students with Disabilities of Access to Education
- COVID-19 Information By and For People with Disabilities
- An Urgent Message From EFE’s President Regarding COVID-19
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 2, 2020
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 21, 2020
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 14, 2020
- School Employees Have Used Isolated Timeouts Illegally, State Investigations Find
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 31, 2020
- The National Disability Rights Network issued a report to address the misuse of the ADA as a way to close polling places.
- Weekly Legislative Update – January 27, 2020
- Hoja Informativa de Williams v. Pritzker
- Williams v. Pritzker Fact Sheet
- Chicago Tribune: “Even with a court order, families struggle to find services for developmentally disabled adults: ‘We have great programs, you just can’t get into them.’”
- Chicago Tribune: “Secluding students in small rooms should be illegal in Illinois, educators and advocates tell lawmakers”
- Chicago Sun-Times: “CPD to hire officer to improve relations with residents with disabilities after high-profile confrontations”
- ABC 7: “DePaul grad among deaf, hard of hearing lawyers sworn in to US Supreme Court Bar Association”
- Drugs, Alcohol and Conduct Rules Under the ADA, a webinar on 1/15/2020 by Barry Taylor and Rachel Weisberg
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on December 11, 2019
- Give Back on Giving Tuesday
- Equip for Equality to speak at December 3rd Disability Community Town Hall
- Chicago Tribune: “The Quiet Rooms, Children are being locked away, alone and terrified, in schools across Illinois. Often, it’s against the law.”
- Equip for Equality testimony in support of Mayor Lightfoot’s elimination of sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities
- Weekly Legislative Update – November 1, 2019
- Weekly Legislative Update – November 8, 2019
- State’s attorney brings on support dog
- Weekly Legislative Update – Fall Veto Session
- Have an opinion about the AbilityOne Program and Wage Rates? Attend our meeting on November 5, 2019.
- Legislators grill Chicago over special education shortcomings
- EFE guest on ADAPT Productions about the 20th anniversary of the Olmstead decision
- Fraud Warning for Social Security Hotline Number
- Disability Community Forums on Cultural Accessibility
- Blind Retired Federal Employee Sues over Access to Health Benefits Information
- Equip for Equality Mourns the Loss of Marca Bristo
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Low Vision or Blindness on October 30, 2019
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on September 25, 2019
- Equip for Equality hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on July 24, 2019
- Provide Input to Equip for Equality’s Priorities by July 1, 2019
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Twenty years after Olmstead ruling, challenges for disabled remain”
- Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision
- NDRN Video Explains New Representative Payee Oversight Program
- NDRN Announces Representative Payee Project
- June is Employment Rights Helpline Month
- The Independent Monitor in Rasho v. Baldwin, the class action on behalf of prisoners with mental illness, recently issued his third annual report.
- Cook County Anti-Harassment Report and Article
- Scam Alert – Social Security Advisory Board Impersonation
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on May 29, 2019
- Bloomberg Law: Obese Workers Shielded From Bias? Seventh Circuit Will Hear Case
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 7, 2019
- John Marshall Law Review Article on Emergency Preparedness and the ADA by Equip for Equality’s Vice President, Barry C. Taylor
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 29, 2019
- Chicago Tribune: “Illinois shut down his group home network over risk to residents. Now he’s been convicted of health care fraud for unneeded medical tests.”
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 8, 2019
- Fraud Warning for Social Security Hotline Number
- Fraud Warning for Social Security Hotline Number
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 29, 2019
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on April 3, 2019
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 11, 2019
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Low Vision or Blindness on April 24, 2019
- Weekly Legislative Update – March 1, 2019
- Press Release and Report for Mayor Emanuel’s Task Force on Employment and Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 25, 2019
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 15, 2019
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 11, 2019
- NPR: “Most Inmates with Mental Illness Still Wait for Decent Care”
- Big Win for Web Accessibility in Domino’s Pizza Case
- The Chicago Reporter: “For people with disabilities, Chicago police consent decree takes first steps toward reform”
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on January 23, 2019
- EFE Attorney Rachel Arfa is elected President of the national Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on December 12
- WBBM – Newsradio 780: “Special Education Still Understaffed In CPS, Critics Say”
- Chalkbeat: “Chicago special education reform has been slow and underresourced, advocates say”
- Chicago Tribune: “In ‘urgent appeal,’ advocates call for Gov.-elect Pritzker to bolster CPS special education fixes”
- Chicago Sun-Times: “Advocates: CPS, ISBE still failing to ensure special ed kids getting services”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Judge says IDOC must fix treatment for mentally ill”
- Law 360: “Obesity Groups Back Bus Driver’s 7th Circuit Bias Suit Appeal”
- Judge: “Deliberate Indifference” of IDOC Mental Health Care Requires Federal Oversight
- Ensuring that People with Disabilities Can Exercise Their Right to Vote
- On Election Day, voters with accessibility issues can contact Equip for Equality.
- Act Now to Provide Input on Police Reform in Chicago – October 12 Deadline for Public Comments
- Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle Physician Group Announce Plan to Improve Healthcare Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
- On September 26, Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium
- Call to Action This Week on Police Reform
- Chicago Reader: “Workshop explores alternatives to calling cops during mental health crises”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Visually impaired ex-bus driver can pursue ADA suit”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Federal judge signs off on plan to aid deaf inmates”
- Windy City Times: “Landmark Settlement in Class Action Will Accommodate Deaf Prisoners”
- WBBM Newsradio 780: “Deaf, Hard of Hearing Prisoners May Soon Receive Access to Hearing Aids, Interpreters and More”
- NPR Illinois: “Illinois Settles Lawsuit Over Deaf Prisoners”
- Chicago Tribune: “15th Annual Disability Pride Parade calls for ‘long overdue’ equality”
- Federal Judge Approves Landmark Settlement in Class Action Providing Vital Accommodations for Deaf Prisoners
- Landmark Settlement Reached in Class Action Will Provide Vital Accommodations for Deaf Prisoners
- Management Information Exchange (MIE) Journal: “Access to Justice – Ensuring that Legal Aid is Accessible to Clients with Disabilities”
- Chicago Tribune: “CPS students denied special education services amid ‘cycle of chaos,’ parents say”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Judge: Illinois’ treatment of mentally ill inmates is unconstitutional”
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Federal judge: Illinois’ plan for disabled care needs more retooling”
- You Might Be Able to Get Extra Services for Your Child Because of CPS’s Failures
- Chicago Sun Times: “Judge: State ‘woefully short’ on pay for caregivers of developmentally disabled”
- Mentally Ill Prisoners Win Injunction, Judge Declares that the IDOC’s Failure to Provide Mental Health Care is an “Emergency Situation”
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 11, 2018
- Madigan and Callahan v. Illinois High School Association, 12-cv-3758 (N.D. Illinois May 16, 2012)
- DOJ Settlement Agreement for Accessible Playground with North Canaan Elementary School
- Attend Equip for Equality’s Priorities Meeting on June 28, 2018, 2:00pm-4:00pm
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on May 30
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 7, 2018
- Weekly Legislative Update – April 30, 2018
- Webinar by EFE Staff on May 16: “ADA in the K-12 Setting”
- Pantagraph: “Judge: IDOC violated rights of mentally ill inmates”
- Law360: “Can’t Duck Suit From Transportation Trainees With Autism”
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on April 25
- You’re invited to the Young Professional Board’s Spring Kick Off Fundraiser
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on April 25
- Free Emergency Service
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline
- Volunteer Opportunity – Voting Access Chicago
- Urgent Action Needed! Tell Congress to uphold the ADA and Vote NO on H.R. 620
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 12, 2018
- Weekly Legislative Update-May 8, 2017
- McDermott Will & Emery Joins with Equal Justice Works to Sponsor First “ADA 25 Chicago” Fellowship
- Chicago Tribune article about class action against CPS
- WBEZ Radio: “Lawsuit: CPS Shortchanging Bilingual Special Education Students”
- WBBM 780 CBS Radio: “Suit: CPS Not Providing Services to Students With Disabilities”
- Chicago Tribune: “Lawsuit alleges CPS has failed non-English speaking parents of special ed students”
- Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against CPS for Discriminating Against Students with Disabilities Whose Parents Have Limited English Skills
- Consent Orders Require Health Care Providers to Ensure Effective Communication and Regulate Use of Video Remote Interpreters
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on January 24: The Top ADA Cases of 2017
- The State Journal-Register: “City: Group home lawsuit centers on definition of ‘family’”
- Equip for Equality files brief in opposition to zoning ordinance in Springfield that discriminates against people with disabilities.
- Thank You for Supporting Giving Tuesday
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on December 6: The Intersection of Disability and Emergency Preparedness
- Cook County to Pay $4.75 Million After Failing to Accommodate Inmate’s Disability
- Employment Rights Helpline – The First Six Months
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium on October 25: Access to the Courts for People with Disabilities
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Lawyers demand action for mentally ill inmates”
- Mentally Ill Prisoners Seek Intervention Addressing “State Of Emergency” In IDOC’s Psychiatric Care
- ACLU, Equip for Equality, Community Groups File Lawsuit to Ensure Court Oversight of Reform for the Chicago Police Department
- 2Civility: “5 Things to Know About Lawyers with Disabilities”
- Report: Illinois’ Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners “Exceedingly Poor and Often Dangerous”
- Education Post: “Here’s Everything You Need To Know When You’re Done Denying Your Kid Has Special Needs”
- Equip for Equality Hosts the Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on September 27: Trauma Informed Advocacy
- Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: “Judge wants better care for disabled”
- Chicago Tribune: “Federal judge orders Illinois to find way to pay for disability services program”
- The New York Times: U.S. Judge Orders Illinois to Boost Disabled Care
- Court Says State of Illinois Failing to Keep Promises to People with Developmental Disabilities
- Judge grants plaintiffs and intervenors’ Joint Motion to Enforce the Consent Decree in Ligas vs. Norwood
- Tribune article on ASL interpreters at Lollapalooza – EFE Attorney Rachel Arfa quoted
- EFE summarizes top ADA cases in the Great Lakes region from the past year
- EFE serves on Chicago Task Force on Employment and Economic Opportunity for People with Disabilities
- Special-needs class action presses on even with new budget in place
- Ligas brief filed in support of Motion to Enforce Consent Decree
- Join the Disability Pride Parade on July 22
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on July 26: Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities
- Please Give Your Input on Equip for Equality’s Priorities
- Flyer for June 22 Olmstead Anniversary Event
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on June 28: Hate Crimes and Disability
- Join Equip for Equality’s Priorities Meeting on July 12, 2017
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 23, 2017
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on May 31: Special Education Law–The Year in Review
- Weekly Legislative Update – May 12, 2017
- Shortage of caregivers for people with disabilities intensifies statewide
- Weekly Legislative Update-May 8, 2017
- Weekly Legislative Update-April 28, 2017
- Equip for Equality Launches New Employment Rights Helpline
- Illinois State Board of Education Rules School District Failed High School Student with Autism
- Equip for Equality Featured on Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “Chicago vows to comply with federal law by 2018”
- U.S. Announces Settlement with Chicago Board of Elections; Equip for Equality Conducted Accessibility Surveys
- Equip for Equality Featured on Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “Suit: State wages hurting disabled”
- Judicial Intervention Sought to Force Illinois to Provide Critical Resources for People with Developmental Disabilities
- Weekly Legislative Update-April 7, 2017
- Weekly Legislative Update-March 31, 2017
- Weekly Legislative Update-March 27, 2017
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on 4/26/17: The Intersection of Disability and Human Trafficking
- Weekly Legislative Update-March 20, 2017
- Equip for Equality Attorney Rachel Arfa Featured in Crain’s
- Equip for Equality Attorney Andrew Webb Featured in ABA’s Commission on Disability Rights
- Weekly Legislative Update-March 6, 2017
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on April 26, 2017
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium on March 22, 2017 about intersection of Immigration and Disability
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 17, 2017
- Weekly Legislative Update – February 3, 2017
- Chicago Tribune: Illinois fails to support disability services, report finds
- Ligas Monitor Finds the State Out of Compliance
- 1/25/17 Disability Rights Consortium to Focus on New Chicago Human Rights Ordinance Regulations
- Settlement Agreement Addresses Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities in the School Setting
- Violence Perpetrated Against Young Man with Disabilities Demonstrates Urgent Need to Address Hate-Based Crimes
- CBS 2 Chicago Documents Pedway Acccess Problems – EFE is featured
- Support Equip for Equality With a Year End Gift
- EFE in the Chicago Tribune: Top Human Services official vows increased transparency, oversight of group homes
- Equip for Equality Invites Voters with Disabilities in Illinois to Complete a Survey about Their Experiences on Election Day
- EFE Statement in Response to Tribune Article
- Ligas Class Counsel Statement in Response to Tribune Article
- EFE Featured on CBS 2: For Wheelchair Users, Chicago’s Polling Places Could Use Some Improvement
- EFE Featured on Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Blind lawyer fights for rights of people facing disabilities
- EFE Featured on Chicago Daily Law Bulletin: Volunteers help Chicagoans with disabilities vote
- Save the Date: November 29 is #GivingTuesday
- EFE Featured on Chicago Bar Association Program “You and the Law: 2016 Election Voting Rights and Access to the Polls”
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on September 28th Focused on Transportation for People with Disabilities
- There’s No Place Like Home–two Ligas class members move into community
- Equip for Equality Featured on WCIU Now.Chicago – Public Affairs Program
- Disability Voter Registration Week: Making IL Polling Places Accessible
- Protecting Society’s Weak and Vulnerable
- #11394 (no title)
- Thank You for Helping us Celebrate 30 Years!
- Equip for Equality Celebrates 30 Years of Advancing Civil Rights of Illinoisans with Disabilities
- Legislative Update from Equip for Equality
- Legislative Update From Equip for Equality
- Action Alert: Bill Threatens Community Integration – Oppose SB 2610
- Legislative Update from Equip For Equality
- Legislative Update from Equip for Equality
- Legislative Update from Equip For Equality
- Action Alert: Protect the Rights of Individuals in Nursing Homes
- Disability Rights Consortium on 4/27/16
- Action Alert: Stand Up for Community Integration
- Relief Areas for Animals that Provide Service to People with Disabilities Added at Six Flags Great America
- SAMHSA: Public Forum Notice – We Want To Hear From You
- 4-13-16 Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Vision Impairments or Blindness
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline–March 15
- Coverage of EFE’s Testimony on 2/23/16 Senate Hearing on Employment First
- EFE to Testify at Legislative Hearing re: Blueprint on Employment First Act
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on February 24th — Topic: Voting Rights of People with Disabilities
- Congratulations to EFE’s Amanda Antholt for Being Named One of the Top Civil Rights Attorneys in Chicago
- Check Out the Daily Herald Article that Highlights the Impact of Our Work in the Ligas Case
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on January 29th — Topic: Implementation in Illinois of the New Department of Labor Overtime Rules
- Monitor Files Latest Report in Ligas (DD Community Integration Class Action)
- Help Protect the Rights of Americans with Significant Mental Health Needs
- Tell Governor Rauner to Protect Home Services: Revise the New Overtime Policy to Minimize Harm
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on December 9th — Topic: Special Needs Trusts — Featured Speaker: Brian Rubin
- U.S. Court of Appeals Agrees that Illinois can Proceed to Close Murray Developmental Center
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on October 28th — Focusing on Children’s Mental Health in Schools
- Federal Judge Gives Green Light to Class Action for Deaf Prisoners in Illinois Seeking Accommodations
- Olga Pribyl co-chairs 11th Annual Pro-Bono Week, October 26-30
- Over $5000 raised at LocalizedChi event at the Bedford
- EFE Young Professionals group to host Event: Drinks & DJs at the Bedford to Support EFE
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on September 30th — Featured Speakers: Marty Hines and Sean Johnson, Recovery Specialists for the State of Illinois
- Big Win in Voting Rights for People with Disabilities in Illinois
- Meetings held across the state for people to learn about community options under Ligas Consent Decree
- Does the ADA Work? – Illinois Issues – 9/3/15
- State Escapes Contempt over Disability Payments; Judge Calls Action Disturbing – Chicago Sun-Times – 9/1/15
- Attorneys: Illinois Could and Should Have Made Disability Payments – Chicago Sun-Times – 8/31/15
- Judge Says State of Illinois Could Be Held in Contempt of Court if Comptroller Doesn’t Pay Social Service Providers – Huffington Post – 8/27/15
- State Payments Slowed to Payments to Programs for Developmentally Disabled – ABC 7 Chicago – 8/26/15
- Federal Judge Blasts Illinois for Failing to Make All Ordered Payments – Illinois Public Radio – 8/26/15
- Court says state must meet ‘Ligas’ decree obligations; Payments for developmentally disabled services to continue – Illinois News Network – 8/19/15
- The ADA at 25 – A Legal Tool for Social Change – The CBA Record July/August 2015
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline — September 10th
- Following EFE’s Emergency Motion, State of Illinois makes $76 million in payments for people with developmental disabilities, but has to tell court when outstanding payments will be made.
- EFE files Emergency Motion for State to show why it should not be held in contempt for failing to make court ordered payments for people with developmental disabilities
- Federal judge orders specific schedule for Illinois to pay for services for thousands of people with developmental disabilities
- EFE files motion to enforce Ligas consent decree
- Barry Taylor interviewed on major ADA cases on WBEZ’s Morning Shift
- McDermott Will & Emery Joins with Equal Justice Works to Sponsor First “ADA 25 Chicago” Fellowship
- Fellowship for New Lawyer with Disabilities Starts
- Fellowship for New Lawyer with Disabilities Starts
- ADA turns 25
- Equip for Equality outlines major ADA legal cases
- ADA: 25 years of opening doors for people with disabilities
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on July 22nd — Featured Speaker: Karen Tamley, the Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities in Chicago
- Disability Budget Crisis Rally — July 15th
- 25th Anniversary of the ADA — A Look at Key Cases, July 23rd
- Federal Judges Order Disability Services to Continue Despite State Budget Impasse
- Madigan Announces Settlement with IHSA
- IHSA settlement could mean more opportunities for athletes with disabilities
- Free Power of Attorney Event — July 23rd
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on June 24th — Focusing on Using the ADA/Section 504 in Education Cases
- Schaumburg girl’s discrimination lawsuit against Girl Scouts reinstated (Direct Link)
- 7th Circuit revives deaf girl’s suit against scouts
- Appeals Court Rules Girl Scouts is Covered by Federal Disability Discrimination Law
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on May 28th — Focusing on Recent Changes to the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on April 22nd — Featured Speaker: Dr. Mary Kay Rizzolo, Co-Author of State of the States Report
- Coalition of Disability Groups Urge Court to Allow the State’s Closure of Murray Developmental Center to Proceed
- Spring Newsletter
- EFE Issues Spring Newsletter
- EFE Releases Striking New Findings About Students with Disabilities in 45 Chicago Charter Schools
- EFE Will Help Voters with Disabilities in the Mayoral Runoff Election — April 7th
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Vision Impairments and Blindness — April 15th
- Former EFE client Mary Kate Callahan Making Waves as Live to Achieve Ambassador
- Voters with Disabilities Helpline — July 7th
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on February 25th — Focusing on Assistive Technology and EFE’s Voter Helpline
- EFE’s Special Education Clinic wins emergency motion requiring immediate return of student to his neighborhood school
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on January 28th — Focusing on Employment
- Monitor issues report in Williams v. Quinn – community integration class action on behalf of people with mental illness
- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Appeal in EFE Case to Determine Whether Girl Scouts Are Covered by Federal Disability Discrimination Laws
- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Appeal in EFE Case to Determine Whether Girl Scouts Are Covered by Federal Disability Discrimination Laws
- Judge Agrees EFE Employment Discrimination Case Should Proceed to Trial
- It’s 2014, But It’s Still Difficult For People With Disabilities To Vote
- Equip for Equality’s Illinois Employment First Blueprint
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on October 22nd — Disability Rights Bureau Chief to Speak
- You’re Invited to the Employment First Forum-Blueprint to be Released–October 30th
- Equip for Equality Hosts Disability Rights Consortium Meeting on September 24th — Focusing on Students with Diabilities in Charter Schools
- Meeting to Discuss Issues Impacting Persons with Vision Impairments or Blindness
- We Have Job Opportunities Available!
- Join Us for the Equality for Kids Luncheon Featuring Attorney General Lisa Madigan
- Judge gives the green light for the State to close Murray Developmental Center
- Equip for Equality hosts Disability Rights Consortium meeting on July 23rd — Karen Tamley, the Commissioner for the Mayors Office for People with Disabilities, will review the work of her office and share MOPD’s priorities in the coming year
- Unrestricted grants fill holes in legal aid
- Governor Quinn signs Executive Order implementing Employment First in Illinois
- Advocates say online video series invaded privacy of special-ed CPS students
- Equip for Equality hosts Disability Rights Consortium meeting on June 25th – Marca Bristo will discuss the history of the disability civil rights movement
- LSAC pays $7.6 million in bias suit
- Job opportunities available
- Equip for Equality hosts Disability Rights Consortium meeting on May 28th focused on recent developments in special education law
- Equip for Equality hosts Disability Rights Consortium meeting on April 23rd focused on community integration litigation updates
- Equip for Equality wins victory for woman with autism denied equal access to Chicago restaurant with her service animal
- SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS AND COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 94 UNLAWFULLY EXCLUDE STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES
- Judge Approves Historic Agreement to Better Serve Individuals With Mental Illness in Illinois
- U.S. Department of Justice seeks public input on its proposed ADA Amendments Act regulations by March 31st
- Equip for Equality thanks its generous donors to the Equality for Kids Campaign for raising $300,000 to support our work on behalf of kids with disabilities!
- Equip for Equality hosts Disability Rights Consortium meeting on March 26th focused on veterans with disabilities
- ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT INVESTS MILLIONS TO REMEDY LONGSTANDING ADA VIOLATIONS THAT PREVENTED ACCESS FOR DISABLED DAD
- TCF Bank to Install Talking ATMs and Enhance Other Services for Customers with Visual Impairments
- Landmark Agreement Will Expand Community Living Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities in Illinois
- Court Approves Landmark Agreement Expanding Community Living Opportunities for People with Developmental Disabilities in Illinois
- Class Action Fights for Critical Accommodations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Prisoners in Illinois
- Nursing Home Residents with Disabilities Celebrate Proposed Agreement with State in Landmark Lawsuit
- Landmark Consent Decree Expands Opportunities for Nursing Home Residents with Disabilities
- Equip for Equality Applauds Governor’s Decision to Close Jacksonville Developmental Center
- Equip for Equality Urges Illinois to Honor its Commitment to Community Inclusion by Closing Jacksonville and Murray Developmental Centers
- Attorney General Madigan Reaches Agreement with AMC Theatres – Settlement of Complaint Filed By Equip for Equality Provides Unprecedented Access for People with Disabilities to Go to the Movies
- Equip for Equality and the Illinois Attorney General File Suit Against the Illinois High School Association – Lawsuit Seeks Equal Opportunity for Student Athletes with Disabilities
- Illinois Medicaid Budget: EFE Implores Governor, Legislators, to Preserve Medicaid Home Services for Children, Long-term Care Eligibility and Prescription Drug Benefits
- EFE Urges Chicago Mayor to Maintain Mental Health Services as Clinics Close
- Illinois Radio Network’s “Eye on Illinois” July 11 2012 interview with Public Policy VP Karen Ward regarding Medicaid Waiver for Medically Fragile Children and Closures of State Operated Developmental Centers
- Girl Scouts Sued for Failing to Provide Sign Language Interpreter
- IHSA and Mary Kate Callahan Enter Into Settlement Agreement for 2012 Swimming Season
- Equip For Equality and the High School Association Reach Settlement Allowing Mary Kate Callahan and Other Swimmers with Disabilities to Compete in the 2012 Season
- President and CEO Zena Naiditch urges Governor Quinn to veto legislation expanding the role of IMDs
- Governor signs Medicaid Expansion and pledges to revisit IMD expansion amendment; EFE advocacy was key
- Equip for Equality Participes in National Voter Registration Day on 9/25/2012
- Hotel Fires Woman with Respiratory Disabilities Who Needed to Use Oxygen in the Workplace