What is an Independent Living Center?
In the disability rights movement, an “Independent Living Center” is not referring to residential housing.
An Independent Living Center is a community-based nonprofit organization led and run by people with disabilities to serve other people with disabilities.
Partnering with SHAG to Deliver Services
One of the Disability Empowerment Center’s most concentrated groups of individuals engaging in our services is at a local Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG) facility. This facility is home to 180 seniors and people with disabilities
Advocating for Disabled People’s Needs in a Pandemic
When Washington state ended its indoor mask mandate in March, some people with disabilities and their advocates pushed back.
Many people with disabilities or chronic health conditions are at higher risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19.