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People With Disabilities Movement
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Edward Verne Roberts fights for support from UC Berkeley
-polio survivor who attended UC Berkeley at a time when schools could legally refuse to admit the disabled.
-started the "Rolling Quads"
-Pressured Berkeley to become more accessible and to fund support services so that they could attend classes while living independently
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American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities 10-city "sit in"
-ACCD created in 1970
-Sit in to persuade president Jimmy Carter's administration to implement a four-year-old law protecting the rights of people with disabilities.
-When no change occurred, hundreds of people joined in "sit ins" across the US in HEW buildings
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U.S. rehabilitation act of 1973 including section 504
-first major legislative effort to secure an equal playing field for individuals with disabilities.
-section 504: law that bans discrimination against the disabled under employers and organizations that gain federal financial assistance.
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Passage of Public Law 94.142
-aka The Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
-insured that kids with and without disabilities would be allowed to learn together.
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Judy Heumann
Main leader in fighting for people with disabilities.
-diagnosed with polio at a young age
-organized the group Disabled in Action (DIA)
-started the World Institute on Disability (WID)
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Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
This Act outlawed discrimination outlawed discrimination in employment, public accommodations,State and local government, commercial facilities, telecommunications, and transportation.
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Major Accomplishments
-Broadening the spectrum of opportunities for the disabled to participate in their community
-Balanced access to technology for all
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Struggles for Employment in the Disabled Today
Still today people with disabilities struggle to find a steady job that can support them throughout their life.
-the percentage of working-age people with disabilities in the labor force is about one-third that of persons with no disability.
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Children with Disabilities being Bullied Today
Today children and teens with disabilities continue to be bullied by their peers.
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