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Around 10 per cent of the world’s population, or 650 million people, live with a disability. They are the world’s largest minority.
Disability Rights Movement: Effort for obtaining rights for people with disabilities, that they may have the same opportunities and outlook as others.
1960s – Where it all began. The disability rights movement finds it’s roots in the middle of the Civil Rights movement and the women’s rights movement. The world was fighting for equality, and this often excluded group began to foster ideas of equality for their own. Whereas most people have the ability to walk to the top office of a building, the physically disabled can not. While many can make public speeches, some mentally disabled struggle with language.
1970s - In the early 1970s, people with disabilities lobbied Congress to put civil rights language for people with disabilities into the 1972 Rehabilitation Act. The Act was vetoed by President Nixon. After a group of people with disabilities marched on Washington, a revised 1973 Rehabilitation Act was passed. For the first time in history, the civil rights of people with disabilities were protected by law.
The Education of All Handicapped Children Act was initiated in 1975. It required equal, appropriate, and free public education for children with a handicap/disability. (Also see the Developmental Disabilities Bill of Rights Act, Community Services Act, and Developmentally Disabled Assistance and Bill of Rights Act.)
In 1984, the Air Carrier Access Act helped by prohibiting all airlines from discriminating against, denying service to, or increasing prices for people with disabilities.
President Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990.
The National Voting Registration Act was passed in 1993 to make voting easier for people with disabilities (and minorities.) It required all state-funded organizations that provide service to people with disabilities to supply all members with voter registration forms and to help them with the registration process.
The United Nations General Assembly passed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, or the CRPD in December of 2006. This took action on May 3, 2008. It is a human rights treaty which "signified a change in the perception of people with disabilities as objects of charity and protection to individuals who have rights that must be respected and guaranteed by states."
President Barack Obama worked with the U.S. Labor Department in December of 2011 to create a new rule that required federal contractors to try to make at least 7% of their workforce people with disabilities.
Halderman v. Pennurst (1974): a case in Pennsylvania that recognized conditions at state schools for students with developmental disabilities and granted them the right to community service.
Pushkin v. Regents (1981): a case in which M.D. Pushkin (who had multiple sclerosis) applied at the University of Colorado Psychiatric Unit. He was denied admittance because the interview committee believed his disability would affect his ability to treat patients. It was ruled that the committee had discriminated against Pushkin.
Sutton v. United Airlines Inc. (1999): two twins who had poor vision without eye glasses were denied the right to apply as airline pilots due to their bad sight. They sued United Airlines Inc. on the basis of discrimination against a disability and the Supreme Court ruled that having poor eyesight was not a disability and that UAI couldn't refuse to hire them based on their vision.
According to the leader of the American Association of People with Disabilities, "More than 50 million Americans with disabilities, along with our families and supporters, are continuing to work on the unfinished business of full access to American opportunity: access to education and health care; employment opportunity; economic power; and political participation." Disability rights is a very broad category. It includes people with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. In the future, the movement involving disability rights will fight for equality in not only every day life, but at school, work, and in the political world. At school: bullying and the use of the "R" word, equal chances with friends and easy resources for those who need them. At work: less discrimination against those who have a disability, more access to services that make the workplace easier to manage. In the political world: easier ways to vote, resources able to help those who need extra assistance getting to the voting area & carrying out their vote. The major issue that disability rights hits is simply 'equality.' We have worked so hard to establish equality between races and genders, so why not people with disabilities? Everyone deserves and equal chance at life, and everyday we are getting one step closer to achieving this equality.
[Citizens with multiple disabilities protest for their rights)
[People with disabilities can do more than they are given credit for]
Disability Rights Wisconsin (DRW):
Shawna was named a Southern California Rising Star by Superlawyers Magazine for 2006-2009. In 2010 she was named one of the Top 100 Women Litigators in California by the Daily Journal. In 2011, CA Lawyer magazine named her an Attorney of the Year in the area of juvenile law for all the work she did in 2010.
DRW is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1977. It was designed to ensure the rights of all state citizens with disabilities through individual advocacy and system change. DRW is part of a national system of independent disability agencies and is independent from the government. DWR receives donations from individuals and private foundations, training fees, and government grants.
In 2000 Shawna returned to DRA as a staff attorney and stayed for three years. Then in 2003 and 2004, she was as associate attorney at the civil rights law firm of Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harries Hoffman & Harrison in LA. In 2005-2012, Shawna was with DRA Legal Center in LA, where she was the Legal Director. From 2007-2012, she was also an Adjunct Professor at Loyla Law School. There she co-taught Disability Rights.
Shawna Parks is the Co-Director of Litigation at Disability Rights Advocates. She has a huge role is the organization's impact litigation. Shawna has worked on huge cases the affect the fights of people with disabilities. These cases include things like the criminal and juvenile justice sytems, educational institutions, government benefits, access to government programs, and housing and homelessness for people with disabilities.
Medicare Part D Helpline:
Shawna started as a legal assistant with Disability Rights Advocates in1994. In 1995 she graduated U.C. Berkeley. In 1999 she graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law at U.C. Berkeley.
Medicare part D Helpline is a statewide helpline for people with disabilities and their families or guardians with complicated Medicare prescription drug benefit. There are over 50 different prescription insurance plans to choose from just in Wisconsin. Each has a different pharmacy network, cost, and list of covered drugs.
Quality Education Coalition:
The QEC is Wisconsin's only coalition of parents, educators, and advocates. They work together to improve the quality of special education in Wisconsin on a systemic basis. They work on a variety of issues that deal with education for disabled children in Wisconsin.
Family Care and IRIS Ombudsman Program:
Family Care and IRIS Ombudsman Program is meant for people under the age of 60, who are disabled. It was started by DRW (Above on list) in 2007, but was expanded to the IRIS in 2009. The program educates people on consumer rights, investigates complaints, assists clients in filing complaints and appeals, assists clients in filing for administrative hearings, and relies heavily on informal strategies (negotiation and mediation; support of consumer self-advocacy; works with internal advocates).
Sid Wolinsky is the co-founder of Disability Rights Advocates, with Larry Paradis, and its the Director of Litigation. He is a specialist in litigation for people with disabilities, nationally and internationally. Recently he has specialized in legal issues that involve health care for disabled people and students with learning disabilities.
Mr. Wolinsky, twice, has been a Senior Fullbright Scholar. He has been an adjunct lecturer at Boalt Hall School of Law, Hastings College of the Law, and King Hall. He was previously the Director of Litigation and co-founder of Public Advocates, Inc. He also was the first Director of Litigation at San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation.
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT)
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Foundation for the Blind
Autism National Committee
Disabled American Veterans
Dreams for Kids
FAIDD
Handicap International
Muscular Dystrophy Association
National Association of the Deaf
United Cerebral Palsy
Violence Against Women with Disabilities Project
...And many, many more...
Larry has assisted the courts as a court appointed mediator. He was a Ninth Circuit Judicial Council Lawyer Representative and a member of a Magistrate Judge Selection Panel. Larry has also been on the board of many organizations. Some include:
The Berkeley Center for Independent Living
National Council on Disability
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
Berkeley Commission on Disability
Disability Statistics Center at UCSF
...And many more...
Larry Paradis graduated from Harvard Law School. There he was part of the Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Law Journal. After school Larry went to Starr and Regalia, he worked there for ten years. After that he left and became the co-founder of Disability Rights Advocates, with Sid Wolinsky, and became its director.
In 2004, the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association voted Larry the Trial Lawyer of the Year. Now Larry works on cases that involve housing, transportation, insurance, employment, education, and public accommodations for disabled people.
THE TWO BIG STEPS
Step 1: Level the playing field. Elevators, Ramps, Communications Technology, Floor Markers, Braille, Wide doorways, Easy to turn door handles are all things that can make a building not just accessible to most, but all.
Step 2: End the discrimination. Some strong issues today are as follows:
Abuse and neglect in long term care facilities
Accessibility
Housing discrimination
Voting access
Medicaid or insurance denial of assistive technology
Education issues (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
Acceptance and integration
Overview: According to the U.S. Census, there are more than 54 million people with disabilities in the United States. Historically, the condition of having a disability has been viewed as tragic. Through ignorance and fear, people with disabilities were typically labeled beggars or indigents. The word "handicap" itself is said to derive from "cap in hand," an activity associated with panhandling.
At one point it became common for people with disabilities to be institutionalized, and they were looked upon as patients or clients who needed curing. This practice had the effect of excluding people with disabilities from the larger society and implied that something was inherently and permanently wrong with them. It provided no room for integration, and perpetuated myths of inequality. This often persists to be the case today.
Issues with Clients and applicants of Vocational Rehabilitation
DWR:
"Disabilityrights WISCONSIN." Disability Rights Wisconsin. N.p., 2007. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://www.disabilityrightswi.org/>.
Family Care and IRIS Ombudsman Program:
"Disabilityrights WISCONSIN." Disability Rights Wisconsin. N.p., 2007. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://www.disabilityrightswi.org/programs/fcop>.
Medicare Part D Helpline:
"Disabilityrights WISCONSIN." Disability Rights Wisconsin. N.p., 2007. Web. 13 Mar. 2013. <http://www.disabilityrightswi.org/programs/medicare-part-d>.
Disability Rights Advocates:
"Disability Rights Advocates." Disability Rights Advocates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.dralegal.org/about/attorneys/sid-wolinsky>.
"Disability Rights Advocates." Disability Rights Advocates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.dralegal.org/about/attorneys/laurence-paradis>.
"Disability Rights Advocates." Disability Rights Advocates. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.dralegal.org/about/attorneys/shawna-parks>.
AAPD:
"Disability Rights." Disability Rights. AAPD, 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.aapd.com/what-powers-us/disability-rights/>.
The Leadership Conference:
"The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights." The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leadership Conference, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.civilrights.org/monitor/winter-2012/the-future-of-disability.html>.
Disability Support Services:
Rose, Brian. "Disability Support Services." Disability Support Services. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://gwired.gwu.edu/dss/Legalissues/TenCasesThatHaveShapedDisabilityServicesInHigherEducation>.
Blog Spot:
"Lightspeed Systems - Web Access." Lightspeed Systems - Web Access. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://ls.mcpasd.k12.wi.us/access/web?id=9675996273702212618>.
"Learn." A Brief History of Disability Rights Legislation in the United States. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.udeducation.org/resources/61.html>.
"Becky - Jus Include (Animation On 'Disability' Inclusion)." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug. 2011. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <
"Disability Rights Timeline." Disability Rights Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://isc.temple.edu/neighbor/ds/disabilityrightstimeline.htm>.
"Dipity." Dipity. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.dipity.com/asrb666/African-American-Civil-Rights/>.
"Disability, Disabilities, Convention, UN, Rights, Accessibility." UN News Center. UN, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.un.org/disabilities/convention/facts.shtml>.
"A Brief History of the Disability Rights Movement." Disability Law Center -. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2013. <http://www.disabilitylawcenter.org/about/a_brief_history_of_dr_movement.html>.