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Creation of Asylums
The first Asylum Institution for people with intellectual disibilities was made. It was intended to provide help and care but resulted in isolation and poor care often. -
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Eugenics Movement
Eugenics movement gained popularity. Aiming to control reproduction of people with disabilities. It led to forced sterilizations and more marginalized -
Veterans Rehabilition
Act provided vocational rehabilition and educational benefits to veterans with disabilities -
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Deinstitutionalization
Advocates start pushing for Deinstituionlization, Moving people with disibilities out of instituions and into community based care -
Thalidomide Disaster
Caused severe birth defects and also raised public awareness about disability issues and need for accessibility -
Rehabilition act
Prohibited Discrimination against disabled people in federally funded programs . was a step towards equal rights -
Americans with disabilities act
ADA signed into law mandating accessibility and accommadations in employment, transportations and Public spaces -
Olmsted vs .L.C.
The people with disabilities have right to live in their community rather than a institution -
American with disabilities Act Amendments Act
expanded definition of disability making it easier for disabled people to qualify for protections under ADA -
Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act
Emphasized competitive intergrated employment fr people with disabilities aiming to increase opportunity