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Ed Roberts Fights UC Berkeley For Rights
What happened: Section 504 was written in the US Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which stated that disabled people could not be discriminated against when trying to find a job. If someone is disabled they have the right to academic adjustments to make sure there is nothing discriminatory against them.
Ed Roberts was later accepted to Berkeley and founded the Physically Disabled Student Program. He was also inspiration for over four hundred Centers for Independent Living. -
Center for Independent Living
(A MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENT) As of today many have been founded throughout the world. They provide support, care, and training for the disabled. -
US Rehabilitation Act of 1973 including Section 504
Section 504 was written in the US Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which stated that disabled people could not be discriminated against when trying to find a job. If someone is disabled they have the right to academic adjustments to make sure there is nothing discriminatory against them. -
Passage of Public Law 94.142
This law gave every student with a disability a FREE public education. Had an immense positive impact on millions of children in every state. The purpose was to assure free education, protect, provide, and asses it's effectiveness -
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities
Gave disabled citizens their basic civil rights. They are not permitted to be denied, for whatever reason, because of their disability. Many people in power made attempts to stall this bill, including two vetos by President Nixon, but the people kept fighting. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Prohibited discrimination not only in the work place but every where. This law specifically pushed the outlaw of discrimination in the workplace, state and local government, public accommodations, telecommunications, and other miscellaneous areas as well. It advanced into the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act in 2009 -
Roland Johnson Writes "Lost in a Desert World'.
Lost in a Desert World shed light on a disabled man's lonely upbringing. Roland Johnson was tortured and abused at "Pennsylvania's Pennhurst State School and Hospital for the Mentally Retarded" for his entire childhood. When he finally broke out, he became a leader for the Self-advocacy Movement and was president of Speaking For Ourselves, an civil rights organization run by people with developmental disabilities. He died in 1994. -
The Struggles of Today
First, many people with disabilities are in poverty. Some do not have the money to cover expenses for resources to help with their disability, so they are left on their own. More funding would help with this issue.
Second, they do not feel as though they fit with society. There are still people out there who discriminate based on one's disability and make them feel lesser of themselves. It would be impactful to create awareness of these disabilities and how to help people feel more included.
