AIM-CIL is open to the public BY APPOINTMENT ONLY at this time. To get in touch, please contact us at:

(630) 469-2300
[email protected]
https://aim-cil.org/contact/  

ACHIEVING INDEPENDENCE AND MOBILITY

We empower persons with disabilities to effectively control and direct their lives. The Achieving Independence and Mobility Center for Independent Living provides leadership through training, community development and advocacy to enable persons with disabilities to fully participate in family, social and community life.

New! – Educational Scholarship Program ***For Illinois residents in DuPage, Kane, and Kendall Counties Only***

This program was developed to assist persons with disabilities in the DuPage, Kane and Kendall County Service area to enhance their educational goals in either Post-Secondary education or Vocational/Trade school with tuition, books or fees. Each year a total of 4 scholarships will be awarded to qualifying individuals. There will be two awards for fall enrollment and two for spring enrollment.

Criteria
• Consumer must reside in AIM-CIL Service Area
• Educational Scholarship Program Pays up to $1000.00 per student for college or trade school registration/application/lab fees, books and/or class tuition (Payment is made directly to the school; No Payments will be made to an individual to pay for or to be reimbursed).
• Pursuing an Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree at an accredited college or university or enrolled on a recognized vocational/trade school.
• Have a documented disability
• Only one scholarship per person, per household.
• Not be related to any of the AIM-CIL Employees or Board of Directors to avoid conflict of interest.

To be considered the potential candidate will be required to submit a one-page essay on Independent Living and their educational goals for the future. Candidates must submit their essays no late than November 15th each year for spring semester and no later than June 15th for fall semester. Essays are to be submitted via e-mail to [email protected] or via mail to the AIM CIL office no later than the dates above.

 

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#ASLWednesday! Get ready for Deaf History Month with some history on American Sign Language.Happy Deaf History Month!
American Sign Language (ASL) is an important part of Deaf culture, it’s the native language of approximately 500,000 Americans and is the third most used language in the US (after English and Spanish.) So when did it start?
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Most information about ASL dates back to 1814 when the United States was first introduced to deaf education, at this time, there was a far smaller population of deaf people, so many Deaf communities used unique signing systems. These different systems, now known as Old American Sign Language, grew into ASL used today.
In 1814 a minister from Connecticut, Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, recognized his neighbor's 9-year-old daughter, Alice Cogswell, was very smart but unable to hear or speak. Wanting to teach her how to communicate, Gallaudet eventually founded the first public, free deaf school in the U.S. in 1817 with French educator Laurent Clerc. This is what we now know as the American School for the Deaf.
The growth of the school meant people from separate Deaf communities came together and shared their sign systems. These systems, and the French sign language that Gallaudet learned from Clerc, grew into what we now know as ASL.
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#ASLWednesday! Get ready for Deaf History Month with some history on American Sign Language.

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