• Our Mission
  The mission of the Access Center for Independent Living (ACIL) is to ensure that people with disabilities have full and complete access to the community in which they reside.

The Access Center was founded by a group of concerned citizens, the majority of whom were persons with disabilities, in 1984. Those founding activists had a vision of affecting change that would make the community accessible to any person with a disability who wished to pursue a more independent, self-directed lifestyle. Those first days were filled with struggles with the local community as well as the state funding agency. Even though the meager funds for establishing independent living services were not available for starting a new center until 1990, the board advocated for accessible transportation, consumers rights, and other disability issues.