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Promoting equality and opportunities for a better life
Are you
Not receiving the services/benefits you need?
Trying to obtain housing or employment?
Thinking about getting out of a nursing home?
Facing discrimination?
The Independent Living Resource Center (ILRC) is a private, nonprofit, consumer-controlled agency. It was founded in 1989 to encourage and empower individuals with disabilities to participate fully in family, community, and work-life.
ILRC serves individuals with disabilities in a sixteen county service area by providing support, advocacy, and removing barriers that prevent people with disabilities from full and equal participation in all aspects of community life. Services are designed to increase independence and self-sufficiency.
The Independent Living Resource Center is part of a nationwide disability rights movement through which control is vested in persons with disabilities. We believe that people with disabilities:
Belong in the community
Are not patients taken to be cured, children to be taken care of, nor brave souls to be admired
Should be in charge of the assistance they may require
Are victimized by a prejudiced society, not by the disabilities they happen to have (From “A People’ History of the Independent Living Movement” by Chava Levy, 1988)
Be part of the movement to change our communities so that we can all live and work with dignity and pride in a barrier-free society.
The Independent Living Resource Center does not discriminate with regard to disability, race, color, national origin, ancestry, culture, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, family status, or gender identification in its services or hiring practices.
Independent Living Resource Center Colorado
ILRC is affiliated with ILRCCO in Colorado, a as a licensed unskilled Home Care Agency who provide Personal Care Services and In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) to individuals with disabilities in Colorado. ILRCCO’s program is based on the principles of independent living, consumer control and self-direction. Their approach is rooted in experience from a peer perspective and our services are designed to increase independence and self-sufficiency.
Learn about our Colorado Program: www.ilrcco.org
Talk to Us
Should you have further questions about our agency and services, do not hesitate to contact us.