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Treatment and perceptions of disability have undergone transformation since the 1900s
Treatment and the human point of view on disability had changed. This miracle happens because of all the hard work people with disabilities have taken. As well as other civil rights movements, the disability right have a long and effective history. -
The League of the Physically Handicapped organized in the 1930s, fighting for employment during the Great Depression.
The Great Depression was the world longest and most severe depression worldwide economic downturn that happened in 1929 – 1941. It happens mostly in the industrialized Western world, these problems happen because of changes in economic institutions, macroeconomic policy, and economic theory. -
Nazi Program Kills Thousands of People with Disabilities
At the start of World War II Adolph Hitler commanded the killing of people with disabilities, which they call “mercy killing.” The Nazi euthanasia program is built to eliminate “life unworthy of life.” In 1939 until 1941, between 75,000 to 250,000 people with intellectual or physical disabilities were systematically killed. -
Signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This landmark document enshrines the rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of disability, race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. -
Human rights groups began shifting to the social model of disability
Rights groups began shifting to the social model of disability where disability was known as an issue of discrimination. Therefore, it paves the way for rights groups to have equality through legal means. -
Doctors regarded homosexuality as a disease well into the 20th century.
Perceptions of disability and treatment often link with other groups supporting their civil and human rights. One of the examples of this change is the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) community. Doctors say that homosexuality is one of the diseases well into the 20th century. They could send men and women to psychiatric hospitals for their sexual preference. It was not until the 1970s that this "diagnosis" changed. -
Dr. Franklin Kameny successfully fought to abolish homosexuality from being seen as a disease
In 1973 Dr. Franklin Kameny successfully led and fought to change the perspective of homosexuality as a disease or a disability. Homosexuality was removed from the American Psychiatric Association's list of mental illnesses. -
Last of "Ugly Laws" Repealed
Cities in the United State had this unequal law called the "Ugly Law." These laws allowed police to arrest and jail people for no reason other than being "disfigured" or demonstrating some type of disability. These laws targeted poor people and disabled people. For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867, it was illegal for any person who is diseased, disabled, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object, to expose himself or herself to public view. -
All Handicapped Children Act guaranteed children with disabilities the right to public school education
The 1975 Education of All Handicapped Children Act guaranteed children with disabilities the right to public school education. These rules happened mostly because of all the disability activists protesting for their rights and working with the federal government. -
Deaf actress Linda Bove, graduate of Gallaudet College and veteran of the National Theater for the Deaf
Deaf actress Linda Bove, graduate of Gallaudet College and veteran of the National Theater for the Deaf, was given a long-term contract to play Linda the librarian on public television. Linda Bove Waterstreet (born November 30, 1945) is a Deaf American actress, her most notable role being a fictionalized version of herself in the PBS children's series Sesame Street from 1971 to 2002. Bove was the first Deaf actress to be a member of the program's recurring cast. -
Disability Awareness campaigns
Disability Awareness campaigns in 1988, launched by 250 communities across the country, focused on raising awareness of disability-related issues. The disability movement believes that there are economic and social barriers which prevent disabled people from being able to join society and ensuring a reasonable quality of life for ourselves as they should be. -
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
1990 To date, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the subsequent ADA Amendments Act (2008) are the movement’s greatest legal achievements. The ADA is a major civil rights law that prohibits discrimination of people with disabilities in many aspects of public life. -
NAAW aims to break down the physical and attitudinal barriers that prevent Canada's 3.5 million disabled people from participating fully in society.
By 1992, over 850 communities were taking part. Over the years, the focus has shifted from raising awareness to concrete action - creating access through practical improvements. NAAW aims to break down the physical and attitudinal barriers that prevent Canada's 3.5 million disabled people from participating fully in society. -
Disability justice
Disability justice is a social justice movement, It was developed in 2005 by the Disability Justice group including Patty Berne, Mia Mingus, Stacey Milbern, Leroy F. Moore Jr., and Eli Clare. Disability justice is a social justice movement which focuses on examining disability and ability as they relate to other forms of oppression and identity such as race, class and gender. -
Thailand's Disability Rights
Between 2007 and 2008, an important time for Thailand's disability rights, a national standard showed that 3% of the population, almost two million people, had disabilities, mostly in rural areas. There were gender differences, with 43% of disabled men employed compared to 28% of disabled women. This data points to challenges for people with disabilities, suggesting a lack of acceptance and equal opportunities during that time. -
The 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
This remains one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges but the history of Disability Rights has also been going through all the physically and mentally causes since the mid 1900s, people with disabilities have pushed for the recognition of disability as an aspect of identity that influences the experiences of an individual, not as the sole-defining feature of a person.