• Employment Resource Hub Peer Call

    Archive: Register Register for the monthly Peer Network Calls Announcements NCIL’s Employment Resource Hub and Peer Network will be a one-stop resource center to support people living with paralysis and other disabilities to access community and employment resources.  Monthly Meetings Each peer network call will cover a resource that people with disabilities can use to support...

    Free
  • Employment Resource Hub Peer Call

    Archive: Register Register for the monthly Peer Network Calls Announcements NCIL’s Employment Resource Hub and Peer Network will be a one-stop resource center to support people living with paralysis and other disabilities to access community and employment resources.  Monthly Meetings Each peer network call will cover a resource that people with disabilities can use to support...

    Free
  • NCIL Presents: Systems Change Coffee Chats for Community Organizers, Systems Change Advocates, and Non-Management CIL Staff

    NCIL Presents: Systems Change Coffee Chats

    * Coffee Chats were not archived NCIL will be hosting 2 one-hour monthly “Coffee Chats” for Independent Living advocates working on systems change. One coffee chat will be for Community Organizers, Systems Change Advocates or any other non-management IL staff working on systems advocacy. The second one will be for management-level staff or Executive Directors...

    Free
  • 2024 Annual Conference

    Grand Hyatt Washington 1000 H Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

    This July 22-25, NCIL is traveling BACK TO THE FUTURE! As a movement, we will revisit our foundational values in order to look to a future that embraces disability justice – loving all bodies and leaving no one behind. Join us for the 2024 Annual Conference on Independent Living, where we unite as a movement...

  • Advocacy vs. Lobbying Training

    Archive: Advocacy in its fullest definition includes many types of activities, including lobbying. Centers for Independent Living have a long history of working to influence policy and legislation to advance the rights of the disability community. However, there has been confusion about what CILs are required to do versus what they are allowed with federal...

    Free
  • A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Employment Policy

    Archive Join the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) and the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) for a webinar for people with disabilities and self-advocates. This webinar will cover the ASAN’s toolkit, Real Work For Real Pay: A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Employment Policy. This webinar will answer the questions: If you need any accommodations, please reach out...

    Free
  • ABLE Accounts and Employment 101!

    Archive: Join NCIL and the ABLE National Resource Center for a webinar for people with disabilities to learn more about the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act and ABLE accounts. ABLE accounts can help qualified individuals with disabilities to save money in a tax-exempt account without affecting most federally-funded benefits that are based on...

    Free
  • Home Usability Peer Network Meeting

    Home Usability Peer Network Meeting

    Archive (coming soon) The Home Usability Peer Network meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. ASL and CART will be provided. To request additional accommodations or to ask questions, please contact Mary-Kate: Mary-Kate@ncil.org. Register

    Free
  • Annual Conference on Independent Living 2025

    Grand Hyatt Washington 1000 H Street NW, Washington DC, DC, United States

    Registration for NCIL's 2025 Annual Conference on Independent Living is now open! The theme for this year’s Annual Conference is LEVEL UP: Building Tomorrow Together. The conference will take place July 21-24, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Washington, DC. Visit our conference web page for more details!