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Remembering the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement. By Mary Harris. March 14, 2023 11:15 AM. Judy Heumann in Los Angeles in 2021. ... If that is not the goal of self-determination, ...
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law on July 26, 1990. Every July we celebrate Disability Pride Month to commemorate the passage of this landmark civil rights law.
She gives us her Brief But Spectacular on the disability rights movement. Since childhood, Judy Heumann has faced ableism — institutionally, socially, and personally.
The disability rights movement developed in the 1960s and ’70s, using many of the same techniques and strategies practiced by the civil rights movement.
Disability rights activists have big goals at the Colorado Legislature this year, to strengthen discrimination protections and reshape access to everything from government buildings and housing ...
Celebrate Disability Pride Month with Dr. Dee Dawkins-Haigler on WAOK, spotlighting Black Panther Brad Lomax’s key role in the 504 Sit-In and the Disabilities Act. Learn about his legacy and the ...
By Thomas M. Cook —– This month marks the anniversary of an important milestone in a global movement to improve … ...
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann passed away recently, at age 75. As someone with epilepsy, writes Laura Beretsky, I am one of many who stood on Giant Judy’s shoulders when I relied on ...
As such, the Black Lives Matter movement, the Disability Rights movement, the Neurodiversity movement, the Me Too movement, the LGBTQ Rights movements and other civil rights movements I may have ...
Marking the 10th anniversary of a United Nations treaty that protects the rights of persons with disabilities, senior UN officials today highlighted the critical role people with disabilities play ...