Joseph A. Jordan Jr. was only two years out of high school when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 during the height of ...

Sian Heder's new film "Being Heumann" profiles an American activist fighting for the rights of people with disabilities, with ...

Did you know there was an American disability rights movement that can be traced back to the 1970s? A new movie coming out in November will tell the story about the woman at the centre of it.

A feature film chronicling the story of an activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement" is set for its ...

T he Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation is the first comprehensive history of the disabled community`s ongoing struggle for civil rights. Co-authors Doris Zames Fleischer, a ...

Childhood -- Institutions, part 1 -- Discrimination, part 1 -- Institutions, part 2 -- The University of Illinois -- Discrimination, part 2, and early advocacy -- The parents' movement -- Activists ...

Adapt is an national advocacy group that focuses on accessible transportation and integrated support services for Americans with disabilities. It is the theme of a rare photography exhibit that dates ...

(New York) – Hilda Macheso, a Malawian disability rights advocate, is the 2025/2026 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human ...

The disabilities affect everyday living and most often continue throughout life because they impair the physical body, learning, language and/or one’s behavior ...

2 December 2024 - Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Tuesday, UN Secretary General António Guterres emphasised the crucial need to increase the leadership of persons with ...

We’ll speak with Dara Baldwin, author of the new book, To Be a Problem: A Black Woman’s Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement. Dara is an activist, scholar, and author with over twenty ...