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Play For All at Chicago Children’s Museum

Chicago Children's Museum 700 E. Grand Ave., Chicago

Play For All invites children and families with disabilities and Museum members to come and experience CCM's inclusive, multisensory exhibits and programs. The museum opens at 10 am for Play […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • Free Event
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Hack for Accessibility 2026 at McDonald’s Global HQ

McDonald's Global HQ 1035 West Randolph Street, Chicago

Hack for Accessibility is back—and this year, we’re bringing together an incredible community at the Global McDonald’s Headquarters in Chicago! Join Code Your Dreams, Deaf Kids Code, AIxDisability, and McDonald’s […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • Braille Programs
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Quiet Spaces
  • Sensory Friendly

The Attic: Open-Captioned Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

Open-Captioned Performance Sunday, September 27 at 2:00pm The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, ground-breaking […]

  • Open Captions

The Attic: ASL-Interpreted Performance at the Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre 170 N Dearborn St, Chicago

ASL-Interpreted Performance Friday, September 25 at 7:30pm The 7 Fingers is “pulse-raising magic” (The New York Times). From the primal vista of her childhood bedroom springs Shana Carroll’s wildly imaginative, […]

  • ASL Interpreted

INCLUSIVE DANCE PANEL: A LOOK AT THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE PRODUCED BY UDF AND ACCESS LIVING IN CELEBRATION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTERBALANCE

Access Living 115 W. Chicago Ave, Chicago

FREE Panel Event at Access Living! 115 W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60654 Join us for an evening panel at Access Living that brings together voices from the inclusive dance […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Barefoot in the Park – ASL Performance at Theatre of Western Springs

Theatre of Western Springs 4384 Hampton Ave, Western Springs

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon will be performing at the Theatre of Western Springs. Use code MOTOASL to get $5 off! A young newlywed couple settles into their […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music at Garfield Park

Garfield Park 100 N. Central Park Ave, Chicago

Proud and Loud: Disability Art and Music Showcase is a new, multi-arts experience for EVERYONE that affirms that the opposite of “oppression” is “expression”! Come to help make a community […]

  • All ages
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Super Saturday: Knitting for Dogs-An ASL Story and Craft at Indian Trails Library

Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, IL 355 Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling

Ages 5 and older with a caregiver. Join us for a special film screening of the American Sign Language (ASL) adapted picture book by Laurel Molk, followed by a live […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • In Person
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Blue Hour at Haymarket House ft. Hussain Ahmed + Ali Black

Haymarket House 800 W. Buena, Chicago

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Our September featured readers are Hussain Ahmed and Ali Black. Each event takes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Pay What You Can
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown at Dovetail Studios

Dovetail Studios 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago

Finding Our Way Into the Unknown Friday, August 21st at 7:30 pm Saturday, August 22nd at 3:00 pm 2853 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 Black box opens 30 minutes […]

  • All Gender Restrooms
  • ASL Interpreted
  • Audio Description
  • In Person
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible

Archiving Disability: Preserving, Recovering, and Centering Disability Art & Culture – Hybrid Event

Experimental Station 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago

Join us for an artist-led conversation around disability, art, and the archive with Bri Noonan, Reveca Torres, and Tempestt Hazel. Working in different ways to engage with, investigate, and create […]

  • ASL Interpreted
  • Captioning
  • Free Event
  • Hybrid Program
  • Low Lighting
  • Masks Highly Recommended
  • Sensory Friendly
  • Wheelchair Accessible