Last month, two major Supreme Court decisions opened a new chapter of civil rights for some Americans. Civil rights do not regulate people’s opinions. They protect people from oppression and ...

Despite the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, threats to the civil rights of disabled people persist, write the authors of this book. According to 1994-95 studies, more than 20 ...

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 ...

To the editor: The 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act did truly help those with disabilities (“The Americans With Disabilities Act changed my life. Now my generation needs to fight for it,” July 26) ...

In recent years, global platforms such as the Global Disability Summit (GDS) have become critical avenues for advancing disability rights, especially for marginalised groups within the disability ...

Today marks two years since the passing of Judy Heumann. A fierce advocate and member of Human Rights Watch’s Board of Directors, Judy was often hailed as the “Mother of the Disability Rights Movement ...

Introduction. Demographics of disability ; Understanding disability policy ; A word about language -- Disabled policymaking/disabled policy. The paradigm shift ; Overview of the policymaking process ; ...

Disability Reproductive Equity Agenda: Protecting the Reproductive Rights of Disabled People in 2025 and Beyond The Center for American Progress recently hosted a summit with more than 50 advocates ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. In 1959, a teenage Kitty Cone was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. The ...

This virutal exhibition is the same as the kiosk exhibition at the National Museum of American history. The online exhibition has links to the movement, dissent, technology, mobility, self definition, ...