Live Breaking News & Updates on Chicago Based Equip

Stay updated with breaking news from Chicago based equip. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

'Locked in': Chicagoans who use wheelchairs, mobility aids struggle to navigate city's sidewalks during snowstorm

While T.J. Gordon has used a walking stick consistently for the past two years due to chronic leg pain, he typically relies on his legs and public transportation to get him where he needs to go in the summer. But winter is harder, the 36-year-old research associate said. Last week was too cold for him to wait half an hour for a bus to take him to his home in Lakeview from his job at the . ....

United States , Washington Park , Lauren Galloway , Laura Saltzman , Erica Schroeder , Department Of Transportation , City Council , Chicagoland Disabled People Of Color Coalition , Green Line Performing Arts Center , University Of Illinois Chicago , Chicagoland Disabled People , Color Coalition , Cherlnell Lane , Chicago Based Equip , Access Living , Erica Schroeder , University Of Illinois Chicago , Property Owners , Public Transportation , The City ,

Bill Banning Locked Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Stalls as Lawmakers Run Out of Time


Bill Banning Locked Seclusion and Face-Down Restraints in Illinois Schools Stalls as Lawmakers Run Out of Time
ProPublica
1/14/2021
by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face down. But they didn’t have the time.
A yearlong legislative effort to end decades of controversial practices that often left confined children crying for their parents and tearing at the walls ended without a vote in the Illinois House on Wednesday as the legislative session expired. ....

United States , Arlington Heights , Jodis Cohen , Zena Naiditch , Jonathan Carroll , Ann Gillespie , Jennifer Smith Richards , Sylvia Smith , Chris Yun , Senate On , Chicago Tribune , Illinois House , Chicago Based Equip , General Assembly , Illinois State Board , Access Living , Giant Steps , Arlington Heights Democrat Ann , Northbrook Democrat , Propublica State , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , ஆர்லிங்டன் உயரங்கள் , ஜோடிஸ் கோஹன் , ஜொனாதன் கரோல் , ஆண்டு கில்லெஸ்பி , ஜெனிபர் ஸ்மித் ரிச்சர்ட்ஸ் ,