Your Access Advocates

04/24/2026

Career Opportunities with Your Access Advocates, Inc!
At Your Access Advocates, Inc (formerly Center for Living & Working), we believe access changes lives.
If you're looking for work that matters, where your voice, experience, and compassion make an impact, then YAA is the place for you.
Individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply!
Visit https://youraccessadvocates.org/get-involved/careers/ for more information about employment with YAA!

04/22/2026

Wait—both Earth Day and Assistive Technology Awareness Day?

Sounds like REquipment Day in Massachusetts.

At REquipment, we help people access the devices they need to stay independent and fully participate in daily life. At the same time, we keep tons of valuable equipment out of landfills each year—refurbishing gently used devices and providing them at no cost to Massachusetts residents who need them.

Today is a reminder that supporting people and protecting the planet can go hand in hand.

Want to celebrate in a meaningful way?

Help sustain this work. Contact your state representative and ask them to cosponsor House Amendment 548 to prevent a 35.7% cut to the REquipment program budget in FY27.

It takes just two minutes to take action: tinyurl.com/REQadvocacy

Thank you for showing up for your community—and for the environment.

UCP of Western Massachusetts
Stavros Center For Independent Living
AdLib Center for Independent Living
Your Access Advocates
Northeast Independent Living Program
CORD - Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled
Disability Resource Center
SCIL, Southeast Center for Independent Living
Independence Associates

04/22/2026

04/21/2026

Your Access Advocates wants to make you aware there is a public hearing coning up on May 4th regarding proposed changes to limit the hours PCA’s can work to 60 hours per week effective July 2026.
Please see the attached flyer and link to testify about the impact this will have on your ability to schedule PCAs.

Please reach out to YAA if you have any questions.

04/14/2026

The open reception and artist talks will be Thursday, April 16 from 4:30 pm - 7 pm. at the Open Door Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum (55 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA 01609).
More info here: Reception: “Repeat After Me,” Open Door Gallery | Worcester Art Museum.

04/10/2026

Career Opportunities with Your Access Advocates, Inc!
At Your Access Advocates, Inc (formerly Center for Living & Working), we believe access changes lives.If you're looking for work that matters, where your voice, experience, and compassion make an impact, then YAA is the place for you.

Individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply!
Visit https://youraccessadvocates.org/get-involved/careers/ for more information about employment with YAA!

04/10/2026

Your Access Advocates celebrated our rebranding and name change with an employee Potluck and they received their new Your Access Advocates shirts!

04/01/2026

If you have concerns about your ability to meet the EEC or PAG, please speak with the organization leading the activity. If you have general questions or concerns, please contact us by email at DCR.UniversalAccess@mass.gov or phone at
(413) 461-7126.
Accommodation requests: If you need an accommodation at a program, like an ASL interpreter or a sighted guide, please let the program provider know when you're registering. Please allow at least two weeks (14 days) advance notice for
accommodation requests. Program providers may not be able to fulfill last-minute
requests.

03/25/2026

Your Access Advocates Board Chair, Nancy Garr Colzie, speaks about the importance of fully funding the PCA program at a PCA rally in Worcester.