A government-supported program to provide financial help for people with disabilities in Illinois is expanding. Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs said Illinois ABLE Accounts work a lot like ...

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reached an agreement with the State of Illinois Department of Human Services to enforce federal disability rights ...

A newly proposed bill in the Illinois House would mandate changes to how people with disabilities are identified in state law. House Bill 4284 would update a variety of terms, including “disabled ...