Alice Wong, a disability rights activist with spinal muscular atrophy who died in November, left behind a legacy of advocacy ...
30 years after the disability legislation came into force, most Indians with disabilities remain excluded from mainstream development and continue to face barriers to accessing political, economic, ...
DENVER — A small museum tucked inside the offices of Atlantis Community Inc. is working to preserve and share the largely untold history of the disability rights movement in Denver nearly five decades ...
The UN’s disability rights movement dates back to 1981, declared the ‘International Year of the Disabled Persons’ by the UN General Assembly. Since then, several milestones have followed.
The aftermath of World War II left an indelible mark on the world, with millions of lives lost, cities reduced to rubble, and a generation forever changed. Among the survivors were disabled military ...
As a disability advocate for over 40 years, I have long admired the Kennedy family’s legacy. I vividly remember U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s iconic speech at the 1980 Democratic National Convention: “The ...
The public are invited to enjoy an award-winning documentary about a groundbreaking summer camp that helped to “ignite a disability rights revolution” in the United States. The free screening of the ...
When Ari Ne’eman heard Robert F. Kennedy Jr. call autism an “epidemic” that “destroys families,” Ne’eman felt like he had stepped into a time machine — heading in the wrong direction. It was during an ...