Access Center for Independent Living

Access Center for Independent Living

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Empowering Individuals with Disabilities to Achieve Independence

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Access Center for Independent Living (ACIL) provides services to individuals with disabilities. We offer Independent Living Skills Training, Information & Referral, Systems & Self Advocacy, Peer Support, and Transition Services, and programs for youth with disabilities. ACIL's Recycled Equipment Donated for Independence (REDI) Program provides durable medical equipment to individuals with disabilities who otherwise may lose thier ability to live independently in the community.

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https://www.acils.com
所属行业
社区服务
规模
11-50 人
总部
Dayton，Ohio
类型
非营利机构
创立
1984
领域
Independent Living Services、Disability Awareness、Americans with Disabilities Act、Advocacy、Community Living、Durable Medical Equipment、Independent Living Skills Training、Job Skills Training和Youth Independent Living

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  • The Access Center for Independent Living will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary with an open house on Thursday, August 22, 2024. When: Thursday August 22, 2024 Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Location: 165 E. Helena St. Dayton, Ohio 45404. Come celebrate 40 years of ensuring individuals with disabilities have full and complete access to the community in which they choose to reside. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the center, meet the staff & board of directors, and learn more about the Access Center’s services available to the community. The Disability Caravan will be making a stop at the center for the open house. About the Caravan: The Caravan is a collective of people with disabilities, and our allies, driving across America from April to October 2024, visiting several cities including many that are important to our history. Along the way, we will honor and celebrate people and places significant to our 100+ year struggle for freedom and justice, we will share their stories, raise awareness of current issues, and build a national coalition to address these issues. RSVP to this FREE event: [email protected]

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  • This is disgraceful that this is happening with an organization who is hosting an “accessibility” conference. Accessibility includes all types of disabilities.

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    Greg Pollock

    Vice President Of Business Development @ Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD) | Business Development | Customer XP | Sales Strategy | Product UX/UI | #40Under40

    You wouldn't believe me if I told you this. I am consistently told I am not wanted somewhere. My colleague and I, both of whom are Deaf, paid $1,595 to attend an upcoming accessibility conference. Upon requesting interpreters, we were told that providing interpreters would induce a "financial burden" upon the conference... a conference that charges $1,595 for registration and accepts corporate sponsorships. The founder of this accessibility conference then proceeded to tell me that because of these limitations, my colleagues and I would need to share our interpreters at the conference thereby stripping us of the equitable opportunity to freely participate in the breakouts of a conference we paid for. While attempting to request interpreters for this same conference last year, my colleague was told "this is an accessibility conference", as though Deaf people do constitute members of the disability constituency. What was even more disappointing is that this conference is in October. Rather than seek sponsorship opportunities so that Deaf & Hard of Hearing people can be invited to the table, we are offered a refund and an opportunity to disinvite ourselves to the conference. If Disability:IN can charge a registration of $1,200 and still manage to provide ample coverage, any other accessibility conference should be able to as well. I share this message not to drag a person or an entity through the mud but to show the world that this is me. This is my life. My community is consistently shunted from opportunities to network, to grow, to thrive because of people like this.. even in the accessibility space. Because there are so many actors who use the guise of accessibility to advance their own agenda while selectively choosing who they will invite to the table. I want this to change. We deserve to be invited to the dance floor, too.? #accessibility #disabilityrights #inclusion

    • The message is from an email that reads: "I apologize for the delay in reviewing last week's emails. Thank you for providing claerity on the meeting requirements; I now have a better understanding. Allow me to explain that [redacted] has been my personal endeavor for the past five years, and I've managed it alongside five part-time independent contractors out of sheer passion. Not a single dollar of compensation to me has been taken during this time. While we would greatly appreciate having more deaf & hard of hearing attendees at the event, unfortunately, we did not include the associated costs in the registration. As a result, it poses a financial challenge. I am currently exploring the possibility of securing grant funding from the county, similar to what we successfully obtained for our last event in [redacted]. Regardless of the outcome, we are committed to having two ASL interpreters available. If you prefer, you can cancel your registration, and we will issue a refund.

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