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A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living movement.

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List of disability rights activists

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A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally...

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Disability rights movement

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all people with disabilities. It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together...

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Lists of activists

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activists and educators List of breastfeeding activists List of Chinese dissidents List of civil rights leaders List of disability rights activists List...

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List of disability organizations

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This is a list of disability organizations, including advocacy groups and charities that provide services to people with disabilities. Action Deaf Youth...

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Timeline of disability rights in the United States

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This disability rights timeline lists events relating to the civil rights of people with disabilities in the United States of America, including court...

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Mama Cax

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16, 2019), known as Mama Cax, was a Haitian American model and disability rights activist. With her prosthetic right leg, Cax was an unconventional figure...

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Developmental disability

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American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities Behavioral cusp Disability abuse List of disability rights activists List of disability rights organizations...

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Disability justice

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Cross-movement solidarity: Proponents of disability justice argue that disability justice activists must work alongside activists for other social justice movements...

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Social model of disability

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often used by disability rights activists, as with other social activism, is "Nothing About Us Without Us". The social model of disability focuses on changes...

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. It affords similar...

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Autism rights movement

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The autism rights movement, also known as the autistic acceptance movement, is a social movement allied with disability rights that emphasizes a neurodiversity...

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Judith Heumann

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disability rights activist, known as the "Mother of the Disability Rights Movement". She was recognized internationally as a leader in the disability...

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Outline of rights

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leaders List of disability rights activists List of LGBT rights activists List of opponents of slavery List of suffragists and suffragettes List of women's...

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Individual rights advocate

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rights," rather than groups. ADA Compliance Kit American Disability rights movement Accessibility Developmental disability List of disability rights activists...

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Disability and LGBT identities

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the 1980s and early 1990s, the case of Sharon Kowalski was taken up by both disability and gay rights activists. Kowalski, a lesbian, had become disabled...

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Disability

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equitable treatment and access in society. Disability activists have fought to receive equal and equitable rights under the law—though there are still political...

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Timeline of disability rights outside the United States

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This disability rights timeline lists events outside the United States relating to the civil rights of people with disabilities, including court decisions...

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Shain Neumeier

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developmental disabilities. They are also an activist for autism rights, disability rights, and other associated causes. Neumeier has multiple disabilities including...

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Disability rights in Israel

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Disability rights in Israel are based among the rest upon disability pensions, accessibility regulations, therapy, special education, sheltered workshop...

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Lex Frieden

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researcher, disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called "a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act." He...

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