Making Your Home Accessible
Question:
We would like to remodel to suit my mother who will eventually be in a wheelchair. Where can I find helpful information on doorways, kitchens and bathrooms so that we can plan our project knowing that it will be right for her?
Answer:
Thank you for your question. Centers for Independent Living are located throughout Illinois and are best able to answer your questions concerning accessible housing. The Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) is a statewide organization made up of 24 Centers for Independent Living (CILs) in Illinois and their website address is www. incil.org. For a CIL in your area contact INCIL at 1-800-587-1227. Links to the Illinois CILS are found at http://www.incil.org/links.asp. I am pasting in a listing of the CILS from that page and I hope this help. Please let me know if you need any additional information. Thank you.
Location of CILs in Illinois Center Name Location
IMPACT Alton, IL
Living Independantly Now Center Belleville, IL
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago Chicago, IL
Jacksonville Area Center for Independent Living Jacksonville, IL
Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living Joliet, IL
Options Center for Independent Living Kankakee, IL
Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living LaSalle, IL
Lake County Center For Independent Living Mundelein, IL
Central Illinois Center For Independent Living Peoria, IL
Independence Network Center Quincy, IL
Regional Access & Mobilization Project, Inc Rockford, IL
PACE, Inc Urbana, IL
Illinois / Iowa ILC Rock Island, IL
DuPage Center For Independent Living Glen Ellyn, IL
Fox River Valley CIL Elgin, IL
GAIL CIL Effingham, IL
LIFE Center For Independent Living Bloomington, IL
Northwestern Illinois CIL Rock Falls, IL
Opportunities For Access CIL Mt. Vernon, IL
Progress CIL Forest Park, IL
Southern Illinois CIL Carbondale, IL
Soyland Access to Independent Living Decatur, IL
Springfield CIL Springfield, IL
Stone-Hayes Center For Independent Living Galesburg, IL