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People with Disabilities Movement
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Edward Verne Roberts fights to get support from UC Berkeley in 1962
Accepted into UC Berkeley then denied because of his disability
Physically Disabled Students Program
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ed-Roberts
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The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Prohibits discrimination of the disabled and requires access to programs and activities funded be the Federal Government.
Section 504 extended and created equal rights for the disabled.
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Justin Dart - Activist (Important Leader)
Dart was a member, and then chair, of the Texas Governor's Committee for Persons with Disabilities, National Council on Disability, helped establish Americans with Disabilities Act
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Passage of Public Law 94.142 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
Created to improve education for mental and physically disabled kids
Created IEP plans
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American Coalition of Citizens Disabilities (ACCD) and the 10-city Sit In
The ACCD fought for equal rights for the disabled
They organized a 10-city sit in to get section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act passed which would protect the rights of the disabled
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/sitting-disability-rights-section-504-protests-1970s -
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
Many meetings with the ADA included finding research and input on what regulations and against discrimination should be enabled through many different topics such as law, education, and enforcement.
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Major Accomplishments
U.S. Rehabilitation Act of 1973 including Section 504
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD)
Passage of Public Law 94.142 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
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Barriers Disabled People Face Today
Attitudinally they face problems with being stereotyped
Communication can be hard without access to things in braille, no closed captioned videos, no interpreters for those who use ASL, etc.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/disability-barriers.html
