The organization that would become Tri-County Independent Living (TCIL) launched in 1978. Their philosophical roots go further back, at least as far as the 1950’s, when Judy Heumann, the spearhead of ...

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, ...

Independence focuses on one individual achieving a goal or task fully on their own. Interdependence is a dynamic, mutual process of reliance and support between two or more individuals to achieve a ...

The Disability Network of Mid-Michigan (DNMM) has served as a center for independent living for the disabled since 1990. Over those 34 years, the nonprofit has grown to assist an increasing number of ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Independent Living Resource Center, a Santa Barbara organization dedicated to promoting independent living for individuals with disabilities, is expanding its services for ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -People with disabilities, who’ve longed for services in the east, can now breathe a sigh of relief. “It can be hard for people to get services in areas like this because of a ...