Public schools could, and often did, force students with disabilities into separate classes regardless of their abilities.

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 1960s, gained ...

J ames LeBrecht moved to the cradle of the disabled rights movement as a young man. After graduating from UC San Diego in 1978, he was drawn to Berkeley where the first Center for Independent ...

Relying on archival footage and interviews with activists, lawmakers and other key players, the one-hour film chronicles how the disability rights movement organized and took to the streets to lobby ...

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 ...

Instead, she was speaking at a virtual event she had begun organizing just three days ago—one of three online Hands Off ...

From the get-go, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that directed the erasure of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which dealt a major setback to the disabled rights movement. The ramifications have ...

Background on the Draft Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities Since 2001, there has been serious movement toward an international treaty ...

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 ...

which aspires to be the biggest ever human rights movement to represent the world’s 1.2 billion persons with disabilities. Launched ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, WeThe15 aims to end ...