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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 ...
Discrimination. James I. Charlton is an American author, disability rights activist, and Executive Vice President of Access Living in Chicago. [1] He holds that disability is socially constructed. [2] He created a model of the disability rights movement that differentiates between a number of different kinds of organizations.
1889 – Ugly laws were enacted in Denver, Colorado and Lincoln, Nebraska in 1889. 1894 – An ugly law was enacted in Columbus, Ohio in 1894. 1891 – An ugly law was enacted for the state of Pennsylvania in 1891. This law contained language applying to cognitive disability as well as physical disability.
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. [4]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 ...
v. t. e. The 504 Sit-in was a disability rights protest that began on April 5, 1977. People with disabilities and the disability community occupied federal buildings in the United States in order to push the issuance of long-delayed regulations regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Prior to the 1990 enactment of the Americans ...
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]
March 27, 1974 (age 50) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. Occupation (s) Activist, journalist. Years active. Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (BA) University of California, San Francisco (MA) Alice Wong (born March 27, 1974) is an American disability rights activist based in San Francisco, California.
Her t-shirt design featuring an evolutionary diagram with the caption "Adapt or Perish" is part of the National Museum of American History's collections on the disability rights movement. [10] The same graphic by Stonum was featured in the 2018 show "Chicago Disability Activism, Arts, and Design: 1970s to Today" at the University of Illinois ...