Topeka Independent Living Resource Center, Inc.
… for a fully integrated and accessible society for all people with disabilities …
Against the backdrop of a system already stretched thin, the workforce shortage in long term services and supports has become a crisis within a pandemic, leaving disabled and aging people at risk. Aging and disabled people receiving Medicaid funded Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) are people who otherwise meet the standards to be placed …
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There are some things you need to know about the COVID vaccine. A4E is here to lay it all out for you.
TILRC and DRC Kansas have reached an agreement with the State of Kansas to provide necessary mental health services to allow individuals to avoid institutionalization.
The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a program to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Connecting girls with disabled women role models. We will be selecting 9 girls for our 2021 EmpowHer Camp Program in our nation’s capital.
Aging and Disabled people should not have been an afterthought, or left to die in institutions in the time of COVID.
Using your job posting to show that your work environment is inclusive and welcomes disabled people is a great step to changing this toxic and ableist habit in the future.
Nothing About Us Without Us will include a host of speakers on a variety of topics including The Independent Living Movement with TILRC’s Executive Director, Ami Hyten.
At its base, food insecurity means that an individual is unable to maintain food in their home after their bills are paid. This leads to many having to choose between keeping their power on or rent being paid and paying for groceries.
Voting. It is how we let our government know what we want and what we expect from them. It’s our way of shaping the world around us.
