disability rights movement

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The disability rights movement is a global social and political campaign that advocates for equal rights, accessibility, and full inclusion of people with disabilities in all areas of society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights movement
political movement
social movement
advocatesFor legal recognition of disability rights
participation of disabled people in policy-making
removal of attitudinal barriers
removal of communication barriers
removal of institutional barriers
removal of physical barriers
emergedIn 20th century
hasFocus access to education
access to employment
access to healthcare
accessible housing
accessible transportation
anti-discrimination law
assistive technologies
community integration
deinstitutionalization
inclusive education
independent living
legal capacity and decision-making rights
people with disabilities
political participation of people with disabilities
reasonable accommodation
social model of disability
universal design
hasGlobalScope true
hasGoal accessibility for people with disabilities
elimination of discrimination based on disability
equal rights for people with disabilities
full social inclusion of people with disabilities
recognition of disability as a human rights issue
influenced Americans with Disabilities Act
surface form: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
surface form: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

national disability discrimination laws in many countries
opposes ableism
discrimination based on disability
institutionalization of people with disabilities
medical model of disability as the sole framework
segregated services for people with disabilities
promotesConcept inclusive society
independent living
nothing about us without us
reasonable accommodation
universal design
relatedTo American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement

human rights movement
independent living movement
usesStrategy advocacy
direct action
litigation
policy lobbying
public education campaigns
self-advocacy by people with disabilities

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Timothy Shriver movement disability rights movement
Helen Keller movement disability rights movement
Bonnie Sherr Klein movement disability rights movement
Victor Finkelstein influenced disability rights movement
this entity surface form: British disability rights movement
Victor Finkelstein associatedWith disability rights movement
this entity surface form: British disability movement
Bill Sackter movement disability rights movement
Temple Grandin movement disability rights movement
this entity surface form: neurodiversity movement
Keller movement disability rights movement
subject surface form: Helen Keller