Disability Rights stories:
Judge blocks cuts to home care program
Oct 19th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
A federal judge today blocked California from cutting in-home aid for 130,000 elderly and disabled state residents whose services would have been reduced or eliminated as of Nov...
Disability Rights videos from YouTube:
2:47Clip from "Talk" by the Disability Rights Commission (UK)
You've got a job interview, but suddenly you're in the minority. A tale worthy of the "Twilight Zone" with a disability twist.
8:04Senator Edward M. Kennedy - Champion of Disability Civil Rights (part 1)
Senator Kennedy reflects on the signing of The Americans with Disabilities Act
9:58Disability Pride Def Take 2
The Connections for Community Leadership program at Michigan Disability Rights Coalition produced this video. It includes short interviews with people about what Disability Pride is and why it is important. Produced in 2009.
5:07Its Our Story - Why So Important
Leaders of the disability community talk about why the collection of oral histories from the disability rights movement is so critical to disability culture and to our country as a whole. ... Justin Dart Ed Roberts civil oral ...
Disability Rights from WikiPedia:
The disability rights movement aims to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. For people with physical disabilities accessibility and safety are primary issues that this movement works to reform. Access to public areas such as city streets and public buildings and restrooms are some of the more visible changes brought about in recent decades. A noticeable change in some parts of the world is the installation of elevators, transit lifts, wheelchair ramps and curb cuts, allowing people in wheelchairs and with other mobility impairments to use public sidewalks and public transit more easily and more safely. These improvements have also been appreciated by parents pushing strollers or carts, bicycle users, and travelers with rolling luggage.
Access to education and employment have also been a major focus of this movement. Adaptive technologies, enabling people to work jobs they could not have previously, help create access to jobs and economic independence. Access in the classroom has helped improve education opportunities and independence for people with disabilities.
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