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Modern History of Disability Rights in the United States
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the Social Secutiry Act Passes
This established benefits and grants for states to assit blind individuals and disabled children. -
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Paul Strachan founds the American Foundation for the Physically Handicapped
This is the first cross-disabilty, national political organization in the United States. -
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The Social Security Act Amendments
These Amendments established a program to aid the permanently and totally disabled (APTD). -
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President's Panel on Mental Retardation
President Kennedy appointed this special panel to reserach the status of individuals with mental retardation, in order to create reforms for improvement. -
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ANSI creates accessibility standards for buildings
The American National Standard Institute (ANSI) published American Standard Specifications for Making Buildings Accessible to, and Usable by, the Physically Handicapped. This became the basis for all proceeding architectural access codes. -
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the Architectural Barriers Act is passed
The Architectural Barriers Act declared that all federally constructed buildings and facilities must be accessible to people with physical disabilities. This Act is generally considered the first federal disability rights legislation. -
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the National Center for Law and the Handicapped is founded
This Center was established at the University of Notre Dame and became the first legal advocacy center for people with disabilities in the U.S. -
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the Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act is passed
This Act provided federal funds to programs supporting people with developmental disabilities and delineated rights of institutionalized individuals. -
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the Education for All Handicapped Children Act is passed
This established the right of children with disabilities to a public school education in an integrated environment. This Act is considered a significant landmark of federal disability rights legislation. -
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Disability rights demonstrations at the Department of Health Education and Welfare
Disability rights activists held demonstrations at the federal department of Health Education Welfare with the goal of influencing the Carter administration to implement regulations on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. On April 28, the regulations were signed. -
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Disability rights sit-ins in Denver
Disability rights activists in Denver hold a sit-in to block the city's Regional Transit Authority buses, protesting the inaccessibility of the transit system. -
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American Disabled for Accessible Public Transity is organized
This organization conducted civil disobedience campaigns against the American Public Transit Association and local transit systems to protest the lack of accessible public transportation. -
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the Air Carrier Access Act is passed
This Act prohibits airlines from refusing to serve people or charging them more for airfare because they are disabled. -
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The Wheels of Justice campaign in Washington D.C.
Organized by the American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit, this demonstration attracted hundreds of disabled people to D.C. in support of the Americans with Disabilities Act. -
the Americans with Disabilities Act becomes a law
Signed by President George Bush, this Act is the largest disability rights legislation in history, bringing full citizenship to Americans with disabilities. -
the nation's first Disability Pride Parade
While Chicago held the first Disability Pride Parade in 2004, thousands of people now particpate in these parades around the nation. -
the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008
This act overturned interpretations made by conservative judges who systematically thwarted the original content of the ADA.
