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  2. Judith Heumann - Wikipedia

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    Judith Heumann. Judith Ellen "Judy" Heumann (/ ˈhjuːmən /; [2] December 18, 1947 – March 4, 2023) was an American disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement". [3] She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability community. Heumann was a lifelong civil rights advocate for people with ...

  3. Disability rights movement - Wikipedia

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    The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the ...

  4. Lives Worth Living - Wikipedia

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    Lives Worth Living is a 2011 documentary film directed by Eric Neudel and produced by Alison Gilkey, and broadcast by PBS through ITVS, as part of the Independent Lens series. The film is the first television chronicle [1] of the history of the American disability rights movement from the post- World War II era until the passage of the ...

  5. Crip Camp - Wikipedia

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    Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". [4] Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who became activists in the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.

  6. Ed Roberts (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights activist. Spouse. Catherine Dugan (1976–1982) Children. 1. Edward Verne Roberts (January 23, 1939 – March 14, 1995) was an American activist. He was the first wheelchair user to attend the University of California, Berkeley. [1] He was a pioneering leader of the disability rights movement. [2][3]

  7. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...

  8. Chris Ulmer - Wikipedia

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    791 million. Creator Awards. 100,000 subscribers. 2017. 1,000,000 subscribers. 2018. Last updated: 21 April 2023. Christopher Ulmer is an American disability-rights advocate, former special education teacher, YouTuber, and founder of the non-profit Special Books by Special Kids.

  9. Rachel Hurst - Wikipedia

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    GADCIL was a member organisation of the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), and Hurst was an officer of BCODP between 1983 and 1998, and its chair from 1985 to 1987. [4] Hurst became a member of the Impact Foundation UK, an international initiative against avoidable disability. She, Sir John Wilson (the Chair of Impact), and Henry Enns ...