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On March 12, 1990 disability rights activists arrive at the U.S. Capitol and demand the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Over 1,000 protesters from 30 states to protest the delay in passing the Act.
This disability rights timeline lists events relating to the civil rights of people with disabilities in the United States of America, including court decisions, the passage of legislation, activists' actions, significant abuses of people with disabilities, and the founding of various organizations.
This comprehensive timeline presents the major milestones and landmark laws in the history of disability rights advocacy and legal advancements in the United States.
By the 1960s, the civil rights movement began to take shape, and disability advocates saw the opportunity to join forces alongside other minority groups to demand equal treatment, equal access and equal opportunity for people with disabilities.
Examples of activism can be found among various disability groups dating back to the 1800s. Many events, laws, and people have shaped this development. To date, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the subsequent ADA Amendments Act (2008) are the movement’s greatest legal achievements.
George Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990. Reverend Harold Wilkie, a disability rights advocate, and Sandra Parrino of the National Council on Disability stand...
1920: The Smith-Fess Act established a federal program to provide vocational assistance to Americans with physical disabilities. 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first person with a disability elected a US President. Roosevelt takes great effort to conceal his disability throughout office.
Inspired by the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and the feminist movement of the 1970s, disability leaders joined forces and took action, holding sit-ins in Federal buildings, blocking inaccessible buses from moving, drafting legislation, and protesting in the streets.
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed in July of 1990, it brought a huge number of changes that would improve life significantly for millions of people.
The disability rights movement was similar to other movements for civil rights, but it was also distinct in a number of ways. Grassroots activism, federal policies from the mid-1930s onward, and the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 characterize the movement.