Disability rights are civil rights that secure
treatment and opportunities for people with mental,physical,
intellectual,or developmental,disabilities
The group who helped with the protest with
with disability rights was Black Panther Party,
glide Memorial Church,and United Farm Workers.
Securing fundamental justice
for disability rights took decades of organized
protest and legal struggle, highlighted by major
milestones like Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990. The Section 504 are landmarks of the U.S.
civil right laws that prohibit discrimination against
individuals with disabilities.From early organized advocacy in
the mid-20th century to the passage of the ADA, the
major push for comprehensive civil rights took roughly
20 to 40 years, though the fight for full inclusion and
enforcement remains ongoing.
The modern disability rights movement
started in the 1960s and 1970s, inspired
by the broader civil rights movement, with
key roots in early groups like the 1930s
League of the Physically Handicapped, the
1962 Independent Living movement started by Ed Roberts,
and the 1973 Section 504 federal protections.