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Main Leaders: Edward Verne Roberts
He was the very first student with severe disabilities to be accepted to go to the University of California, Berkeley. Two years before the Salk vaccine helped end the polio epidemic, in 1953 Ed Roberts was fourteen when he caught the Polio. Luckily he survived polio with being paralyzed from the neck down with the exception of a few fingers and toes. -
EVR fights to get support from UC Berkeley
First Edward Roberts attended College of San Mateo, and later on was admitted to the University of California, Berkeley. Edward Roberts had to fight for the support he needed to attend college from the California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. He needed support because his rehabilitation counselor thought that he would never be able to work in life since he was so severely crippled. -
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) created in 1970; ACCD 10-city “sit in” to 1977
The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities was founded by Judith Heumann in 1970.In April 1977, the ACCD did a 10-city sit in to carry out Section 504, which would give more opportunities to people with disabilities and more educational help. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments
This Title stated that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
This is so that people with disabilities have more opportunities in education and jobs and have federal insurance.This was enacted on June 23, 1972. -
Passage of Public Law 94-142
The Public Law 94-142 was intended to improve opportunities in education for handicapped children and adults through the provision of a free appropriate public education.
