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Biography of Judy Heumann
Judy was forced to a wheelchair at a young age due to polio. She went to the University of Long Island where she and other students with disabilities advocated for ramps leading into the building. Judy gained popularity in the disabled community when she was denied becoming a certified teacher and filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination. She later formed a group called Disabled in Action (DIA). -
edward verne roberts
At thye age of 14 Roberts developed polio. He was in the hospital for 18 months and came out pralized from the neck down except for two fingers and a couple toes. He was an activist who fought for his civil rights at the University of Berkeley. -
ACCD
The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) was a Disabilities Rights organization. The ACCD aimed to teach those with disabilities their new rights and educate officials on their new responsibilities. -
Rehabilitation Act
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 section 504 states that no one person with a disibility will be discriminated against by any program or activity recieving federal financial assistance or under any program or activity conducted by any Executive agency or by the United States Postal Service. -
Passage of Public Law 94.142
In 1975, Congress passed Public Law 94-142 (Education of All Handicapped Children Act), now codified as IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act). In order to receive federal funds, states must develop and implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities. The state plans must be consistent with the federal statute. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disibilities Act was passed in 1990. This Act gave equal rights to people witha disibility. This included same edjucation, same employment opportunities, and the end of discrimination against people witha disibility. -
Major Accomplishments
Many accomplishments of the disabilites civil rights movement included accomadations for those with dissabilities and the enforcement of disabilities civil rights laws. Laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevented discrimination of people with disabilities. Now, today there are many more people with disabilities involved in our community and have the respect that they had fought for. -
Disabilities Today
People with disabilities contuinue to fight today. Just recdently on January 28 there was a blockade of the oxford circus by wheelchairs. Also many people with disabilities face hate crimes.
