WELCOME TO "ROLLING THROUGH CHICAGO".
This site was founded to inform people with disabilities, their family and friends, on the best accessible ways to get around in the Chicago metro area. It is a project of the Chicago Olmstead Project, which is a Non-Profit division of the CONGRESS OF DISABLED PERSONS AGAINST EXPLOITATION, which donates to the NATIONAL OLMSTEAD NETWORK. We build and rehabilitate non-accessible homes into accessible housing for the elderly and people with disabilities.
Whether you walk with a cane, or roll in a manual or power wheelchair. We will provide you with information on broken sidewalks, sidewalk ramps, hard-to-cross streets and more.
We will also feature easy access buildings, stores, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, schools, and more.
Owners of accessible businesses may ask to have our sigh posted in their window to let persons with disabilities and their family and friends know that this place has worked hard to make it totally accessible.
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD)
Chicago Department on Aging
The Mayor's Office of Special Events (MOSE)
ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION & TRAFFIC ALERTS.
For Passengers: Wheelchair Accessible Taxicabs.
Chicago Trolley Co. (some buses have wheelchair lifts),
ENTERTAINMENT
The
Access Project is a model outreach effort,
designed to involve people with disabilities in all
aspects of theater,
both on and off the stage. :
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
BODIES OF WORK
The Chicago Festival of Disability Arts & Culture
April 20-30, 2006
Bodies of Work is Chicago's first-ever festival showcasing disability artists and their work. An unprecedented event for Chicago and the U.S., Bodies of Work will explore and celebrate the contributions of artists with disabilities, the contemporary contexts of disabled lives, and works that illuminate disability experiences. We welcome you to join us for this exciting celebration!
Bodies of Work is a dynamic, 10-day, citywide festival featuring visual and performing arts that explore disability issues and showcase the work of artists with disabilities. Enjoy theatrical performances, dance, literature, poetry, spoken word, film, visual art exhibitions, educational programs and more.
The festival will feature the work of professional artists
from the Chicago area and beyond, as well as local non-professional
artists, and will bring together for the first time a variety of arts
and community programs that are dedicated to the recognition of
disability arts.
CLICK HERE
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
3rd Annual
Disability Pride ParadeDISABLED AND PROUD 2006
Celebrating Disability Arts and Culture
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Chicago, Illinois
| Mayor Daley's Jumping Jack | May-September |
| 2006 Chicago Summer Neighborhood Festivals |
May-September |
| 2006 Farmers Markets | May-November |
| Bike Chicago 2006 | May-July |
| 8th Annual Great Chicago Places and Spaces |
May 19-21 |
| 22nd Annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival (in Millennium Park) |
June 2-4 |
| 23rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival |
June 8-11 |
| 26th Annual Taste of Chicago |
June 30-July 9 |
| 16th Annual Chicago Country Music Festival |
July 1-2 |
| 14th Annual Race to the Taste |
July 2 |
| 7th Annual Chicago Outdoor Film Festival |
July
18-Aug 29 (Tues. Only in Butler Field) |
| 13th Annual Mayor's Cup Youth Soccer Tournament |
July 22-23 |
| 49th Annual Venetian Night | July 29 |
| Tall Ships Chicago 2006 | August 3-9 |
| 48th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show |
August 19-20 |
| 18th Annual Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival |
August 26-27 |
| 28th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival |
August 31-September 3 |
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