Illinois
Access Living is a cross-disability organization governed and staffed by a majority of people with disabilities.
ACCESS Springfield provides curb-to-curb transportation for persons with disabilities who are unable to use the fixed-route bus service.
Inclusive tourism for people with disabilities and mature travelers.
Adaptive Adventures is beginning its tenth year of creating life changing opportunities for people with physical disabilities.
Aging and Disability Resources
Links to county contact information for Aging and Disability Resource Centers. including transportation options for seniors and people with disabilities.
Alliance for Disabled Sportsmen's Rights
The Alliance for Disabled Sportsmen's Rights is a non-profit organization that coordinates the efforts of disabled individuals who are working to achieve equal access to all hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
American Blind Skiing Foundation
The purpose of ABSF is to provide an educational skiing program that is open to any blind or visually impaired person in the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value.
Anixter Center Program and Services
The mission of Anixter Center is to enhance the ability of individuals living with or at risk of disabilities to live, learn, work, and play in the community.
Augustana Public Radio Information Service
The Augustana Public Radio Information Service provides free readings of local and regional newspapers for the visually and physically impaired.
Our mission is to help individuals with a vision and/or hearing loss enhance their quality of life and live independently.
City of Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
The Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) seeks to meet the diverse needs of the more than 600,000 people with disabilities who live and work in Chicago.
Programs give low-income people in DuPage County, IL marketable computer skills, basic knowledge about the technology and a computer for their home.
Easter Seals offers a variety of services to help people
with disabilities address life's challenges and achieve personal goals.
Works to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities by expanding access to training, education, employment supports, assistive technology and integrated employment.
To provide customers with greater independence through technology.
Our mission is to provide professional individual care for all who put their trust in us.
The Sangamon County Community Foundation is a resource for the greater Sangamon County, Illinois area.
Foundation Fighting Blindness Midwest Regional Office
Is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by retinitis pigmentosa (RP), macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
Friedman Place is a non-profit Supportive Living Community for blind and visually impaired adults in Chicago.
Nonprofit organization provides training, employment and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantages who seek greater independence.
Serves visually impaired individuals, including those newly blind, with a range of activities.
Offers accredited correspondence courses for legally and totally blind people, their families, and professionals serving the blind.
A curbside transportation system operated by the City of Galesburg to provide accessible public transportation to individuals because of a permanent or temporary disability.
To enable each person who is deaf-blind to live and work in their community of choice.
We strive to improve quality of life and assist people to achieve their full potential.
Illinois Assistive Technology Program
Is to enable people with disabilities so they can fully participate in all aspects of life.
Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education
Provides rehabilitation and adjustment training for adults.
Illinois Council of the Blind promotes the general welfare of citizens in Illinois who are blind.
Illinois Department of Rehabilitation
Works in partnership 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.
The Illinois Department on Aging helps older people live independently in their own homes and communities.
Provides low vision examinations to visually impaired individuals.
Illinois Independent Living Centers
Illinois. ILCs provide people with disabilities with advocacy and support services, including assistance with employment, housing and living skills.
Illinois Institute Low Vision Rehabilitation
The goals of these professionals is to help patients attain the highest level of independent living possible given their visual limitations.
Illinois Instructional Material Center
a national trendsetter in offering far-reaching programs that have opened the doors of opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Illinois One Stop Career Centers
Each center provides career counseling, resume assistance, direct job placement, classroom and on-the-job training and information about local and national labor markets and unemployment compensation.
Illinois Public Transit Up Lift
Provides supplementary, door-to-door van service for the disabled using six wheelchair lift equipped vans and a subsidized taxi service for people with disabilities through two local cab companies.
The Illinois Radio Reader is a free radio service for the blind and visually impaired community of east central Illinois.
Illinois School for the Deaf Outreach Program
Is to educate students who are deaf or hard of hearing to be responsible, self-supporting citizens.
Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
Is a statewide resource offering students with visual impairments quality services that will enable them to become personally productive and self-sufficient citizens.
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
To reduce preventable causes of blindness. Dedicated to the care, protection, and preservation of sight, ISPB programs stress education, eye safety, information and research.
Illinois State board of Education Special Education
The Illinois State Board of Education partners with school districts to provide programs and services for students with specialized educational needs.
Illinois State Talking Book Library and Braille Service
The Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service plays a supporting role for the Illinois Network of Libraries Serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
Illinois Supportive Living Program
The Illinois Supportive Living Program is an alternative to nursing home care for low-income older persons and persons with disabilities under Medicaid.
Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation
Provides telecommunications access to people who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Late Deafened, Speech-Disabled and Deaf-Blind.
Search all transit agencies and local links by county and city.
Illinois Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Helps people with disabilities find and keep quality employment that pays a living wage and offers a chance for advancement.
Is to advance independence and promote inclusive opportunities for children and adults with disabilities through technology.
That's because we help where help is needed – in our own communities and around the world – with unmatched integrity and energy.
Mary Bryant for the Blind and Visually Impaired
As part of the outstanding independent living services offered at the Mary Bryant Home, we provide supportive living accommodations for both individuals and married couples or siblings.
Helping children with special needs through toys and play.
Northern Illinois for Adaptive Technology
Is to help people with disabilities reach their full potential by providing information on the latest technology and by matching adaptive devices to their disabilities.
Prevent Blindness America has been the nation's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization with the sole mission of preventing blindness and preserving sight.
Office of Special Education Program awarded a multi-year grant to the Illinois State Board of Education for serving deaf/blind children and youth, called PROJECT REACH.
The IECC faculty and staff look forward to helping you achieve your educational goals by providing high-quality instruction, personalized attention and excellent student support.
Southern Illinois Talking Book Center
The Southern Illinois Talking Book Center is a free library, providing books and magazines on cassette and Braille, descriptive videos, and other services FREE.
Southern Illinois University Disability Support Services
Disability Support Services (DSS) provides federally mandated academic and programmatic support services to students with permanent and temporary disabilities.
Spectrios Institute for Low Vision, formerly Deicke Center for Visual Rehabilitation, is dedicated to helping individuals with low vision lead full and productive lives. Vision loss from macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and other conditions affects millions of Americans each year and can be a devastating diagnosis that impacts more than your ability to see. We have developed a comprehensive approach that treats each aspect of the affect vision loss has on your life:
Statewide Independent Living Council of Illinois
Our mission is to provide leadership, research, planning and education required to support independent living services in Illinois.
A regular column in the TECHTALK newsletter which features low or no-cost solutions for removing barriers to everyday living and working.
Talking Book and Braille Service
The Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service plays a supporting role for the Illinois Network of Libraries Serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
In central Illinois, individuals with developmental disabilities and visual impairments have a reliable, local resource. At the Tazewell County Resource Centers (TCRC), they have access to a wide array of valuable programs and services like:
The Center for best practices in Early childhood
Produce materials that support best practices which can be used by a wide audience to support and extend young children's learning.
The Chicago Light House for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired
For 103 years now the Lighthouse has been a national trendsetter in offering far-reaching programs that have opened the doors of opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired.For 103 years now the Lighthouse has been a national trendsetter in offering far-reaching programs that have opened the doors of opportunity for people who are blind or visually impaired.
The National Federation of the Blind of Illinois
The National Federation of the Blind of Illinois serves as a vehicle for collective action for the blind of Illinois.
We strive to provide the best in complete family eye care.
Transit Authority Accessible Transportation Information
Information on transportation options in the Chicago area for people with disabilities.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Disability Resources and Educational Services
Disability Services at the University of Illinois: We are the campus office responsible for ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are afforded an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from the curricular, co-curricular and vocational opportunities available at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (mission statement). We are a Unit of the College of Applied Health Sciences.
A "Self-Help for Vision Loss" website providing free, practical, and hands-on information to enhance quality of life and independence for adults with vision loss, their families and friends, caregivers, and related professionals.
Voices of Vision is part of a statewide and national network of libraries which provide the talking book and braille service.
Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging
Provides services including adult day care, transportation and meals to aid older persons in continuing to live independent, meaningful and dignified lives.
Western Illinois University Audio Information Service
Fostering equal access to printed materials for individuals in the tri-states who are blind, visually impaired, learning disabled, or physically disabled.
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