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"Disabled" Americans' Fight for Equal Rights

Published on May 19, 2016

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"Disabled" Americans' Fight for Equal Rights

By: Casey Petron, Andrian Bulgakov, Steven Barnier
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Disabilities Can be Both Physical and or Mental

Some disabilities include; Blindness, Deafness, Paralysis and, Bipolar Disorder
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What They Wanted

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Disabled Americans wanted

  • Equal Job opportunities
  • An end to the discrimination
  • Fair treatment
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How They Achieved these

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A.D.A.P.T

In the 1960s adapt began protesting for equal rights for disabled americans
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Many Successes Include...

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Through 1970-1990 Congress began passing laws giving Disabled Americans more equal rights

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In the 1970s Ed Roberts along with many other students started a program to help give access to the UC Barkeley campus

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