Anixter Center

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Provides an array of services and supports for individuals with disabilities and related challenges to live, learn, work and play in the community.

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Anixter Center is not-for-profit organization providing disability services and support that is individualized, choice-driven, culturally sensitive and promoting of inclusion.

In 1918, Anixter Center was born out of the need for an orphanage for abandoned children, and has served the greater Chicago area ever since. Continually focusing on the needs of the most underserved, Anixter Center is a leader in disability services offering 37 programs of support and service to over 7,400 children and adults with disabilities, including:   

·       Residential services                                               

·       Employment and vocational services

·       Day rehabilitation, skill-building, counseling and recreational services

·       Comprehensive behavioral health services, prevention and outreach

·       Literacy, education and professional training services

·       Chicago Hearing Society (CHS) services for the deaf and hard of hearing

·       National Lekotek Center and therapeutic play for children with disabilities

·       CALOR and services that support minority communities living with HIV/AIDS

Ninety percent of the people Anixter Center serves are low-income and live at or below the federal poverty line.

"Anixter Center connects people with disabilities to the power and the ability to take control of their lives. We consistently witness that when we believe in individuals, they begin—often for the first time—to believe in themselves. And that's when remarkable things happen." Kevin Limbeck, Anixter Center President and CEO