ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Center for Disability Rights and the Regional Center for Independent Living are trying to help people whose aides aren’t getting paid after the state forced everyone to switch to ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

The 1960s marked the beginning of the disability rights movement, with Berkeley at its forefront. Now, six decades later, the Center for Independent Living, or CIL, continues efforts, including the ...

When Peter Cronis was 8 years old, he was sent to live in a state institution. Cronis has arthrogryposis — which limits his body movements — and a severe form of scoliosis. He uses a wheelchair to get ...