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Foundations of Access (In the early 1800s (Some people w/ disabilities…
Foundations of Access
In the early 1800s
People w/ disabilities were often forced into institutions, asylums, or were in circuses as entertainment.
People with disabilities were segregated and hidden because American people wanted to see "normal" people
Some people w/ disabilities were sterilized, so they could not produce to babies with disabilities
The belief that the human pop. could improve through having a more superior human and inferior, problematic humans removed or sterilized is known as Eugenics
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Superior humans often white people, tall, blue- eyed, and able bodied were considered desirable qualities
Late 1800s- early 1900s Eugenics mvmt spread fast - this type of thinking lead to Hitler's pure race visualization. By removing inferior humans for good.
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Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 signed by President George H.W. Bush which is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
Requires employers to provide accommodations to employees with disabilities and accessibility for public accommodations, like interpreters at music concerts
In effect of the ADA the National Association of The Deaf and other disability rights organizations continue to remain proactive and pave ways for equal access for the Deaf community.
1973 President Nixon signed the Rehabilitation act which prohibits federal agencies from discriminating people with disabilities in their hiring practices.
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Education for All Handicapped Act required schools to provide appropriate education to children with disabilities.
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1940s and 1950s students were often deaf, blind, cognitively challenged, and other people with disabilities were put into special classes together
Civil rights and desegregation lead to the architectural barriers act of 1968 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The law requires that the government facilities must be accessible.