the disability rights movement, people from the private sector, researchers and the United Nations – to work together to change the narrative on disability, and to make human rights-based development ...

Empire State University hosted an interactive theater game tonight, inspired by the historic San Francisco 504 Sit-Ins of ...

Judy Heumann, who has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement, has died at 75. Heumann, who lost her ability to walk at age 2 after contracting polio, lobbied for legislation ...

So did the disability-rights movement. In 1990 ... which would jeopardize “one of the most important services the government provides autistic people.” The Medicaid cuts as proposed may ...

“Accommodating as many disabled people as we can is very important, because that makes the movement of disability much stronger ... and tell them…how your rights are being taken away ...

He witnessed firsthand the origins of the movement, as his mother and father played integral roles in advancing disability rights. According to Shaw, one of the earliest victories was a 1966 ...