Disability rights movement

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The disability rights movement is a global[1][2][3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all people with disabilities.[4]

It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the physical environment; equal opportunities in independent living, employment equity, education, and housing; and freedom from discrimination, abuse, neglect, and from other rights violations.[5] Disability activists are working to break institutional, physical, and societal barriers that prevent people with disabilities from living their lives like other citizens.[5][6]

Disability rights is complex because there are multiple ways in which a person with a disability can have their rights violated in different socio-political, cultural, and legal contexts. For example, a common barrier that individuals with disabilities face deals with employment. Specifically, employers are often unwilling or unable to provide the necessary accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to effectively carry out their job functions.[7]

  1. ^ Groce, Nora Ellen (July 1, 2018). "Global disability: an emerging issue". The Lancet Global Health. 6 (7): e724–e725. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30265-1. PMID 29903370. S2CID 49208126.
  2. ^ "International Disability Rights". Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund. Berkeley CA, & Washington DC. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ^ Bell, Beverly (5 August 2014). "The Global Disability Rights Movement: Winning Power, Participation, and Access". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  4. ^ Scotch, Richard; Sutton, Kara (2023). "The Disability Rights Movement". The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Disability. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 790–806. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190093167.013.44. ISBN 9780190093167.
  5. ^ a b Karan, Joan. "Abuse, Neglect and Patient Rights by the Disability Rights Wisconsin website". Disability Rights Wisconsin. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ^ Bagenstos, Samuel (2009). Law and the Contradictions of the Disability Rights Movement. New Haven: Yale University Press. doi:10.12987/yale/9780300124491.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-300-12449-1. JSTOR j.ctt1npkj3. OCLC 871782238. S2CID 151301307.
  7. ^ Long, Alex (2014). "Reasonable Accommodation as Professional Responsibility, Reasonable Accommodation as Professionalism" (PDF). University of California, Davis: 3–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014. 47 U.C.D. L. Rev. 1753 (2013-2014)