Life Center for Independent Living

Kim Tarkowski has worked for 27 years as a vision access advocate at the Bloomington-based LIFE Center for Independent Living. She is retiring this week and reflected on her career during an interview with WGLT.

In 10 other states, doctors are allowed to prescribe life-ending treatment for terminal patients. Illinois could become the 11th.

Life CIL is hosting a lunch-and-learn with the McLean County League of Women Voters at noon Friday to discuss disability rights at the ballot box.

"We've had the wait list, we've had the awful conditions, we've had people with disabilities, especially low-income people with disabilities thinking, 'What am I going to do?'" said Life Center for Independent Living (CIL) executive director Rickliee Benecke.

The pandemic has forced many changes and limits on Americans. It has created a “new normal” for many people. But some people who already had restrictions…

A disability rights advocate said he wants to see more downtown Bloomington businesses improve accessibility for the disabled.Conan Calhoun of Life Center…

Some McLean County residents with disabilities are doing more than simply fighting to live independently. They are finding their voice to help others…