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For more than six decades, the Kennedys were not just allies but architects of the disability rights movement.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The case is being watched closely by disability rights groups, which warned that arguments by a school district could ...
HB 25-1017, which has had a lot of bipartisan support, would enshrine the right for a person with a disability to live and ...
Empire State University hosted an interactive theater game tonight, inspired by the historic San Francisco 504 Sit-Ins of ...
Collins’ bill would set up varying levels of education for different disabilities depending on age group, beginning with ...
There have been enough recent instances of Donald Trump’s public words and deeds that should alarm anyone in New Jersey who cares about the rights and opportunities for members of the disabled ...
This course examines the history and progress of the disability rights movement in America, the current state of the law, trends, and prospects for the future, with particular focus on those ...