The Disability Rights Movement gave birth to Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It's a powerful time in Ameican history.
Here is some from our collection of activism graphics around the disability rights movement. As far as we know, all authors are unknown. ["Ich bin/werde behindert" by Dieter Werdel] In Germany, in 1981 (the UNO year of the Disabled), the "Krüppelbewegung" ("Cripple Movement") started their Anti-Campaign "Year of the DISABLERS": [The three figures represent the letters UNO] [The "Krüppelzeitung"…
The Global Disability Rights Movement: Winning Power, Participation, and Access
~Written by Calli Force, University of Denver MLIS Practicum Student ~ This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and to commemorate the dedication of those involved in making this legislation a reality, the Denver Public Library's Western History/Genealogy department is currently processing a collection (Wade and Molly Blank Papers, WH2283) that intimately details the history and turmoil of the disability rights movement. Some of the foundational protests that ignited the movement took place on July 5-6, 1978, just around the corner from the Denver Public Library at Colfax and Broadway. Men and women of the Atlantis community, known as “The Gang of 19,” threw themselves in front of buses in an attempt to convey their disenfranchisement. This group blocked the intersection all day and night, chanting their mantra, “We will ride!” until representatives of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) were willing to talk about the absence of wheelchair-accessible buses. It was this initial protest that brought public light to the many other kinds of discrimination and abuse faced by the disabled community.
they chose an octopus over the disability rights movement
Celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities should be accompanied by reflection for the global human rights movement. Honest reflection compels a consideration as to whether and how Amnesty International – and the human rights movement as a whole – is accommodating persons with disabilities and the disability rights agenda in its human rights work. This is especially germane in the light of the 10 year anniversary of the 2006 adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
13 books for understanding disability: disability studies, disability rights movement, disability pride and disability parenting
What is a disability? Are autistic people disabled? What is the social model of disability? Why is cure culture harmful? What is the Neurodiversity movement ...
Host Cathy hannabach interviews Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha about the history and present of the disability justice movement.
"Activism Against Ableism" is a fantastic short film that clearly explains ableism, the fundamentals of the disability rights movement and disability
Ms. Milbern, who identified as queer, called out the mainstream disability movement for marginalizing people of color and nontraditional gender identities.
Roughly one in five Americans lives with a disability. So where is our pride movement?
I think, though, that understanding “autism” as a sensory-movement disability, rather than as a social disability, might help autistic people to not only better understand ourselves, but to better understand other autistic people.
CP is a physical disability that affects movement and posture. Watch our enlightening explainer series "What is CP?".
Holland Bloorview’s Dear Everybody campaign is a national movement to end stigma and eliminate bias against people with disability.
Fleischer, Doris Zames and Frieda Zames. The disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press, 2011.
The champion of the disability rights movement refused to be hindered and challenged the world to create spaces for independent living
Major retailers are increasingly designing with disabled people in mind. But are their inclusivity efforts making a difference? We consulted some of the industry’s leading disability advocates on the challenges facing the adaptive apparel movement.
Camp Jened in the Catskills of New York, also known as “Crip Camp,” earned a spot in history as the genesis of the disability rights movement in the United States.
Dislocated joints, particularly of the shoulder, are painful injuries that cause immediate short-term disability — movement of the joint is essentially impossible until it's relocated or reset. The shoulder is especially vulnerable to...
