Equip for Equality provides legal & self advocacy services for People with Disabilities. Offices located in Chicago, Springfield, Moline and Carbondale
Chicago, IL
Joined September 2009
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Join the CBA & @ChicagoBarFound in celebrating Dan Boho, Patricia Brown Holmes, Daniel Kotin, Ann Lousin, Mary Smith & Barry Taylor at the Justice John Paul Stevens Awards on Oct. 2. Details: ow.ly/fUBz50PIZLJ @tkklawfirm @uiclaw @hinshaw @rshc_llp @equip4equality @ABAesq
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The report from @equip4equality, an advocacy and protection group, detailed ongoing, serious lapses in care and recommended that the remaining residents with developmental disabilities who live there be moved out. propublica.org/article/choat…
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Join @MOPDChicago Commissioner Rachel Arfa at the July Disability Rights Consortium hosted by @equip4equality.
The next meeting of the Disability Rights Consortium will be on Wednesday July 26. Featured speaker Rachel Arfa, Commissioner for the City of Chicago Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) will discuss the work of MOPD. equipforequality.org/news-it…
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The Office of DEI, the Disability Law Society, and the Disability Law Alumni Affinity Group, as well as members of @NorthwesternLaw community and friends, celebrated Disability Pride Month by marching with @equip4equality in the Disability Pride Parade on Saturday.
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The IEJF is celebrating #DisabilityPrideMonth this July.
We're proud to fund legal aid organizations, like @equip4equality & @CDEL_Law that help people with disabilities protect their rights and access critical benefits, housing and health care.
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3/ "They describe what they believe was a seizure. This is something several youths independently told us. They did not know that the other young people had told us the same story. They said that this was done because that young person was not walking quickly enough to his room."
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2/ The lawyer from @equip4equality said, "I heard anxiety in a young person's voice when they said to us that they witnessed seven to eight JATC staff members take the young person down to the ground face down which is called a prone restraint."
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1/ My heart hurts after listening to the testimony at a hearing at the Cook County Board yesterday, on the conditions in the Juvenile Detention Center. A lawyer from @equip4equality testified about the use of prone (face down) restraints on kids, which is illegal in IL.
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When asked about charges against youth in the JTDC, Dixon says there are only two reasons kids are detained: flight risk and if they are a threat to the community
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Commissioner Moore asks for clarification on the use of holding pods. Earlier Dixon said there were no holding pods, but now says there are "reset pods." Wilson says the holding pods Shapiro referenced earlier are actually "living units to hold" kids who are removed from class.
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Daley asks Dixon about the use of solitary confinement at the JTDC. Dixon denies such practice, however @injusticewatch reported about the use of semantics to hide the many hours youth are confined.
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Chair of the JTDC advisory board Meade Palidofsky and Father Dave Kelly speaking now.
As chaplain for the JTDC, Kelly says he regularly interacts with youth inside and suggests staff should be trained on using restorative justice practices
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A staff member from the JTDC speaking now alongside Dixon. She describes a new program called Reset that's aimed at reducing punitive discipline - kids in the program work on "packets" that help them correct their behavior.
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In his statement to the Board, Dixon was adamant that there was no "sitting on the wall" disciplinary policy, but Shapiro says investigators saw kids sitting in chairs lined up against the walls for hours - many of them reported sitting on the wall for 10 to 15 days.
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In direct contradiction to Dixon's statement, attorney Rachel Shapiro from @equip4equality says youth reported injuries due to the use of prone restraints including one teenager who had a seizure.
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Currently at the Cook County Board Audit Committee meeting where members will hear from @equip4equality about their recent report on the juvenile detention center in which they call for its closure.
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Wonderful presentation from Barry Taylor of @equip4equality on best practices for inclusion for people with disabilities. Thanks @PILI_Tweets for putting it on.
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Thrilled to be at @AccessLiving Gala supporting this amazing Chicago disability rights powerhouse on behalf of @TheArcUS. Love to see @ChicagosMayor supporting this work and some of my favorite Rachels! @Rachel_Arfa @equip4equality #WeAreAL
ALT Selfie with disco silver wall behind us. Three white woman posing for a picture wearing cocktail attire in an access living frame
ALT White woman and mayor Brandon Johnson pose for a selfie
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Access Living strongly reaffirms its position that restraint, time out, and isolated time out are dangerous and harmful tactic, especially for students with disabilities. accessliving.org/newsroom/pr…
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Our friends at @equip4equality have released a disturbing report about conditions at Cook County's youth jail. injusticewatch.org/news/juve…