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Frieda Zames – mathematics professor, writer and advocate for access to all aspects of public life, especially transportation; as an official of Disabled in Action, campaigned for wheelchair access on New York City buses, ferries and taxis and buildings like the Empire State Building; with her sister, Zames, wrote the book, The Disability ...
The organization meets monthly in New York City and publishes a newsletter, in print and online, called The DIA ACTIVIST. Disabled In Action, along with the New York City Commission on Human Rights , is involved with The One Step Campaign , a coalition of disability, advocacy and service organizations.
Camp Jened was a summer camp for disabled people in the state of New York that became a springboard for the disability rights movement and independent living movement in the United States. [1] [2] Many campers and counselors (known as "Jenedians") [2] became disability rights activists, such as Judith Heumann, [3] James LeBrecht, [4] and Bobbi ...
1980 - Michael Rehak, a blind man, was refused entry to Man's Country/New York in 1978 by staff concerned that his blindness could constitute a safety risk in the event of a fire or other emergency. [152] Rehak filed a complaint with the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Man's Country/New York settled the case in 1980, agreeing not to ...
A disabled activist won’t let Twitter trolls stop her from seeing herself as she really is—a star. The post How an Activist with Disabilities Went from Being a Role Model to a Runway Model ...
To protest this, members of the League held a sit-in at that Home Relief Bureau for nine days beginning on May 29, 1935, and a weekend sit-in at the WPA headquarters, also in New York City, in June 1935. [3] [4] [5] These actions eventually led to the creation of 1,500 jobs for physically disabled workers in New York City in 1936.
That can make living in the world as a disabled person akin to navigating a minefield — in some ways, more challenging than the disability itself. “I was born with a physical disability.
Marilyn E. Saviola (July 13, 1945 – November 23, 2019) was an American disability rights activist, executive director of the Center for the Independence of the Disabled in New York from 1983 to 1999, and vice president of Independence Care System after 2000.