Disabled PACE riders can board for free on fixed routes
Passengers who qualify have to show their ADA Paratransit card to the driver when they board.
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Passengers who qualify have to show their ADA Paratransit card to the driver when they board.
"It gives us the piece of mind that he is in the right hands at all times."
"We did it. It took us two years, one CBS story, and it's done."
Their quest to get handicapped parking in front of their building is finally over. It started more than two years ago with phone calls and letters - and no action - until now.
"You have people coming in with wheelchairs, you know? It's not safe for little kids."
At Will's Place in downtown Skokie, the motto is "Where there's a will, there's a way." Almost everyone who works there has developmental challenges, even the boss.
"It is completely life-changing for him."
Special needs students have the opportunity to train and work at the store, preparing them for their future.
"I witnessed a lot of pillowcases over the heads of individuals. Strangling them. Choking them, preventing them from going to 1the bathroom. Taking their meals away, so that they couldn't eat."
Her attorney argues that 401k money is not accessible for someone her age. So it shouldn't be counted against her.
"I'm not just standing up there teaching. They are teaching me a lot of stuff, too."
Census data show in Chicago, only 25 percent of working-age people with a disability are employed – compared to 67 percent of those without a disability.
Census data show in Chicago, only 25 percent of working-age people with a disability are employed – compared to 67 percent of those without a disability.
"We want to teach kids that they are more alike than they are different, that the possibilities are endless."
