"seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities."
This subfield of social movements in history explores the efforts of people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities to achieve equal access, accommodations, and rights in society.
The history of the Disability Rights Movement: This topic covers the origins, key players, and major events that shaped the Disability Rights Movement.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): This topic covers the legislative act that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life.
Ableism: This topic covers the system of discrimination and social prejudice against people with disabilities.
Independent Living Movement: This topic covers the philosophy and practice of empowering people with disabilities to live independent and self-determined lives.
Intersectionality: This topic covers the complex ways in which people with disabilities experience discrimination based on race, gender, and other marginalized identities.
Disability Rights Activism: This topic covers the various forms of activism that have been used to fight for the rights of people with disabilities, including protests, civil disobedience, and litigation.
Deinstitutionalization: This topic covers the efforts to move individuals with disabilities out of large, institutional settings and into community-based living arrangements.
Employment and Disability: This topic covers the barriers faced by people with disabilities in the workplace, and the efforts to increase employment opportunities and combat discrimination in hiring practices.
Education and Disability: This topic covers the issues surrounding educational access and accommodations for students with disabilities.
Accessible design and technology: This topic covers the issues surrounding the design of the physical environment and technological products to be accessible to people with disabilities.
Mental Health and Disability: This topic covers the intersection of mental illness and disability, and the efforts to combat stigma and increase access to mental health care for people with disabilities.
Disability Studies: This topic covers the interdisciplinary field of study that examines the experiences of people with disabilities and their place in society, culture, and history.
Advocacy and Disability Rights Organizations: This topic covers the various organizations and individuals who have worked to advance the rights of people with disabilities, including disability rights lawyers, activists, and advocacy groups.
Global Disability Rights Movement: This topic covers the efforts to advance the rights of people with disabilities on the global stage, including international treaties and initiatives.
Independent Living Movement: This movement was focused on enabling individuals with disabilities to live independently and integrate into mainstream society. It advocated for the removal of barriers to access, as well as the promotion of assistance, education, and support services.
Self-Advocacy Movement: This movement was led by people with disabilities who organized to advocate for their own rights and to have more control over their lives. They worked to empower people with disabilities to speak out for themselves and to become active participants in the political process.
Deinstitutionalization Movement: This movement aimed to close down large institutions that housed people with disabilities and to provide community-based care as an alternative. It sought to improve living conditions, to provide more support, and to promote the rights and dignity of those with disabilities.
Education Access Movement: This movement focused on ensuring that individuals with disabilities have equal access to education opportunities. It aimed to provide accommodations or modifications, such as sign language interpreters, text-to-speech software, and modified curricula, to allow persons with disabilities to participate fully in educational programs.
Employment Rights Movement: This movement aimed to secure equal access to employment and to protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination in the workplace. It sought to improve working conditions and to create new job opportunities for people with disabilities.
Accessibility Movement: This movement sought to eliminate physical, social, and technological barriers to full inclusion for individuals with disabilities. It aimed to make public spaces, transportation, communication, and technology accessible to everyone.
"organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world"
"accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the physical environment; equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing; and freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations"
"institutional, physical, and societal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from living their lives like other citizens"
"because there are multiple ways in which a person with a disability can have their rights violated in different socio-political, cultural, and legal contexts"
"a common barrier that individuals with disabilities face deals with employment"
"employers are often unwilling or unable to provide the necessary accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to effectively carry out their job functions"
"secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities"
"freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations"
"architecture, transportation, and the physical environment"
"independent living, employment equity, education, and housing"
"institutional, physical, and societal barriers"
"multiple ways in which a person with a disability can have their rights violated"
"working together with similar goals and demands"
"equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing"
"freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations"
"accessibility and safety in transportation"
"equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing"
"equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing"
"prevent people with disabilities from living their lives like other citizens"