"seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities."
The political and social movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for people with disabilities.
Disability Rights History: Examining the historical context of disability rights, such as the disability rights movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and international conventions and policies.
Social Models of Disability: Understanding the different theories of disability, including the medical, charity, and social models of disability.
Disability Identity and Culture: Recognizing and exploring the unique cultural identity of people with disabilities and how it has evolved over time.
Ableism and Discrimination: Examining the systemic discrimination against disabled people, including ableism, stereotypes, and micro-aggressions.
Accessible Design and Architecture: Investigating the ways spaces, buildings, and transportation are designed to be accessible for people with disabilities.
Assistive Technology and Accommodations: Learning about the technology and accommodations that empower people with disabilities to live, work, and participate fully in society.
Intersectionality and Disability: Understanding how race, gender, class, and other social identities intersect with disability to create unique experiences of discrimination and oppression.
Disability Law and Policy: Understanding the laws, policies, and regulations that protect the rights of people with disabilities, including the ADA and IDEA.
Disability Representation in Media: Analyzing the portrayal of disability in movies, television, and other forms of media, and exploring the impact of media representation on public attitudes towards disability.
Disability Advocacy and Activism: Engaging in advocacy and activism for disability rights, including grassroot organizing, political lobbying, and public education.
Disability advocacy: This type of disability right focuses on promoting the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities in society, including the right to accessible education, employment, healthcare, public transportation, and other essential services.
Disability identity: This type of disability right emphasizes the importance of recognizing and respecting the diverse identities of people with disabilities, including their experiences, cultures, and social backgrounds.
Disability representation: This type of disability right involves analyzing and critiquing the portrayal of disability in literature and the media and seeking to challenge and change negative stereotypes and ableist attitudes.
Disability theory: This type of disability right explores the ways in which disability can be understood and conceptualized in different cultural contexts, including the social, political, and economic factors that contribute to the construction of disability.
Disability history: This type of disability right focuses on uncovering and celebrating the often-hidden histories of disability, including the contributions of people with disabilities to culture, science, and politics.
Disability aesthetics: This type of disability right examines the artistic expressions of people with disabilities, including literature, art, film, and music, and the ways in which these creative works challenge and subvert dominant narratives of disability.
Disability justice: This type of disability right seeks to address the ways in which disability intersects with other forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia, and advocates for a more inclusive and equitable society for all people with disabilities.
"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"