The event provides access to information and resources for people with disabilities. The expo will host 107 exhibitors, including 16 new ones, willing to share information and answer questions regarding resources ranging from health care to legal support - available to people with all types of disabilities, as well as their caregivers, friends, and families.
Under the new state budget, caregivers for people with disabilities will see an hourly wage increase of 50 cents an hour. The state-funded workers are known as direct service providers. They provide in-home care for people with disabilities, helping them dress, bathe, and perform other tasks.
Twenty-five years after the landmark federal law, people with disabilities in Illinois still have trouble getting hired.
A federal judge is scolding officials for not fully complying with an order that they pay providers of critical services during the state budget standoff.
