Disability Rights

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This chapter explores the roots of disability rights reforms during the Progressive Era as charities and non-profits formed to provide services to the disabled.

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This chapter explores the roots of disability rights reforms during the Progressive Era as charities and non-profits formed to provide services to the disabled. It continues with landmark legislation in the Architectural Barriers Act of 1964, the fight for the Americans with Disabilities Act in the 1980s and its pivotal moment on March 12, 1990 with the Capitol Crawl when 60 activists left their wheelchairs to crawl the 83 steps of the Capitol building chanting their support for the ADA, which passed into law on July 26, 1990. Collections represented in this exhibit include: Ability Center of Greater Toledo Records, 1920-2015 [FINDING AID] Disability Studies Department Records, 2000s Handicapped Affairs Coalition Records, 1970s Handicapped Student Services Records, not dated Hugh Gregory Gallagher Papers, 1880-2002 [DIGITAL COLLECTION] Tom Olin Papers, 1976-2014 NEXT EXHIBIT: Labor Movement

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Civic Interests, Disability History, University of Toledo -- Students, University of Toledo, Social Welfare, Medicine and Health, Politics and Government, Philanthropy, Education and Schools

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14324/2767

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