Over the course of the last several decades, the disability rights movement has fought to expand home and community-based services that assist people with disabilities to transition from institutions ...

Dailey's new book Ramping Up Rights tells the stories of disability rights movements that have been forgotten in history.

This month marks the anniversary of an important milestone in a global movement to improve the lives of millions of people, a movement with roots in small towns in Iowa and many other places. July ...

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 ...

Key points. Judy Heumann—mother of the disability rights movement, trailblazer, and changemaker—died on March 4 at age 75. Most folks don’t think about how universal design can make things ...

Remembering the Mother of the Disability Rights Movement. By Mary Harris. March 14, 2023 11:15 AM. ... It seems to me for both of you your families were really important.

On the afternoon of March 4, Judith “Judy” Heumann died at age 75. She was an American icon, widely regarded as the “mother of the disability-rights movement.” When Judy con… ...

The Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. But like any civil-rights legislation, it required a fight.… ...

The Disability and Culture Mini-Museum in Denver preserves the history of the disability rights movement sparked by the 1978 protest for accessible buses. To stream 9NEWS on your phone, you need ...

Passed in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was the culmination of decades of progress for disabilities rights. The movement began as an outshoot of the Civil Rights movement of the ...

Earlier this month, the disability community lost an icon. Judy Heumann, who dedicated her life to changing the legal landscape for, and improving the lives of people with disabilities, died on ...