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Disability Rights and HistoryWe have innovation to thank for hundreds of inventions many of us take for granted today. Our transportation, the various ways we can communicate, and even our entertainment are directly influenced by
Disability Rights and HistoryIt’s a roadblock that’s all too familiar to many veterans applying for disability benefits: the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has assigned a veteran a disability rating and awarded benefits, but
Disability Rights and HistoryIn the disability community, we often exist without any understanding of our elders. Because of the harms of nursing homes, eugenics, and everyday ableism (among other problems) that history can feel
Disability Rights and HistoryCDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky made troubling comments during her Friday morning appearance on Good Morning America regarding the deaths of disabled people from COVID-19, seemingly implying that t
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Disability Rights and HistoryFlorida’s Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), a program that underwrites care for children born with severe neurological problems, is being reported by Florida parents f
Disability Rights and HistoryAlthough the history of the Independent Living Movement can be traced back as early as the 1850s , it was in the 1960s, as the process of deinstitutionalization swept through the United States, that p
Disability Rights and HistoryShe was fierce. Anne Emerman, the pioneering disability rights advocate, has passed away at the age of 84 in Manhattan. She died of pneumonia with complications due to post-polio syndrome. She contrac
Disability Rights and HistoryMark Lenzi, a member of the diplomatic security services in the State Department is suing Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the State Department for disability discrimination. Lenzi claims to be a
Disability Rights and HistoryDisability rights have been a long effort in America, particularly in the last hundred years and while it has been the cumulative effort of thousands of people, few advocates have made such an impact
Disability Rights and HistoryThe Americans with Disabilities Act is an important piece of disability rights legislation in the United States. The Act was signed in 1990. It grants a number of protections for people with disabilit
Disability Rights and HistoryOn December 3, 2021, we celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) and the 40th anniversary of its inception. We look back at the history behind IDPD, the barriers that have been
Disability Rights and HistoryJohn Michael Griffin, Publisher of Accessibility.com, sits down with Nakiyemba Shamim, Disability Rights Advocate from Kampala, Uganda.
Disability Rights and HistoryThe year was 1978. The city of Denver had recently debuted a fleet of new buses that were supposed to make transportation around the city easier, but none of the buses had wheelchair lifts or other ac
Disability Rights and HistoryFrom the Soldiers Rehabilitation Act to the Forever G.I. Bill, Accessibility.com celebrates Veterans Day 2021 with a look at Veterans legislation that shaped Veterans' rights in the 20th and 21st cent
Disability Rights and HistoryHate crimes against people with disabilities have increased ten-fold over the years. In 1997, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported 13 hate crimes against people with disabilities. By 2020, tha
Disability Rights and HistoryOne in four American adults lives with a disability . People with disabilities constitute the largest minority group in the United States.
Disability Rights and HistoryHappy Disability Employment Awareness Month from Accessibility.com ! The phrase " Nothing About Us Without Us " has been used in politics since at least the 1500s. During the disability rights movemen
Disability Rights and HistoryDisability awareness has been defined as a capability or skill of "being mindful of the disabilities of people and managing to communicate and work with them effectively." This has become an increasin
Disability Rights and History"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States," Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act reads , "shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the partic
Disability Rights and HistoryA few decades ago, people who were diagnosed with a disability were pigeonholed into a category and often set on a course over which they had little control. A blind person might be sent to a boarding
Disability Rights and HistoryMillions of Americans with disabilities today lead self-reliant lives according to their own ideas, beliefs, and aspirations. Although the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was first introduced in
Disability Rights and HistoryLast month, John Morris outlined a new wheelchair weight restriction policy introduced and enforced by American Airlines that effectively banned many power wheelchair users from certain flights at ove
