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Main Leader
She was born in Brookline, MA to the famed Kennedy Family. In 1957, Shriver took over the Foundation which was established in 1946 and has two major objectives, which is to seek the prevention of intellectual disabilities by identifying its causes and improve the lives of citizens who have intellectual disabilities. The Foundation have made many significant accomplishments under Shriver, but she was best known for the establishment of the Special Olympics -
EDWARD VERNE ROBERTS FIGHTS TO GET SUPPORT FROM UC BERKELEY IN 1962
Roberts did not like the fact that at the time it was legal for colleges to refuse admissions to people with disabilities, and how school systems did not always accommodate everyone. He moved into a room on an empty wing, which he was offered by the director of the hospital. A dozen other students followed his lead, and later they called themselves “The Rolling Quad”. They pressured the campus to make changes in order to accommodate their needs and allow them to live independently. -
U.S. REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973 INCLUDING SECTION 504
Activists wanted to prohibit discrimination of disabilities in programs that were managed by federal agencies. Section 504 states that no one with disabilities in the United States can be excluded, or denied the benefits of an employment, under any program receiving federal financial assistance, or which is conducted by the executive agency. The requirements of the act include accommodations to people with disabilities. This act gave people with disabilities a better opportunity at getting a job -
PASSAGE OF PUBLIC LAW 94.142
The law was passed to meet four major goals; To ensure that special education services are available to children in need; To guarantee that decisions about services are fair and appropriate; To establish specific management and auditing requirements; To provide federal funds to help educate disabled students. The law allowed for people with disabilities to provide appropriate public education, therefore, people with disabilities were able to get proper educations to help them to work. -
AMERICAN COALITION OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES (ACCD) CREATED IN 1970’ ACCD 10-CITY ‘SIT IN’ TO 1977
Activists wanted to declare their support for Section 504 and their rights. 150 disability rights activists took over the 4th floor of a federal building in San Francisco for 25 days, and refused to leave until the President agreed to a 4 year law protecting people with disabilities. They wore t shirts, pins, and waved banners in order to show support for Section 504. Today, this symbolizes how activists during the time wanted to secure their rights and were fighting for equality -
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In the past 4 years this group has achieved many of their goals with finding extra help as a top priority by enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the historic law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability in more than seven million places of public accommodation nationwide including hotels, restaurants, retail stores, theaters, health care facilities, and parks and places of recreation as well as in all operations of state and local governments -
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990
The causes of creating the ADA was the societal barriers that had prevented them to be involved in their own communities, the segregation and the discrimination against the disabled people, not having enough rights and provided services.The law had ended and eradicated any discrimination against the disabled people and provided more rights and services. It provided more equal services like employment, public accommodations, commercial facilities & transportation. -
CURRENT PROBLEMS
They are still currently fighting for constant civil rights respect from everyone as well as equal job opportunities. Although the ADA did help a lot with disabled people, there is still room for improvement. For constant civil rights, the people are looking to be treated with respect from all sides of the Civil rights. With equal job opportunities, the people are wanting to be able to apply to any job and be able to get that job without having the boss second guessing because of the disabilty.
