disability activism
Fighting for inclusion
Disability activism is organized effort by disabled people and allies to secure equal rights, accessibility, and social inclusion.
It challenges discrimination, advocates for policy changes, and works to shift public perception from viewing disability as personal tragedy to recognizing it as a matter of civil rights.
The movement has won landmark legislation like the Americans with Disabilities Act: Her disability activism began when she couldn't access her own polling place.
- assistive technologyDisability-compensating devices and software
- peer support groupsEquals helping equals cope
- self-advocacyPromoting one's own interests
- lived experienceKnowledge from personal participation
- anti-discrimination lawsLegislation forbidding unequal treatment
reasonable accommodation · media representation · universal design · curb cuts · equal opportunity · policy reform · mentorship programs · accessible transportation · braille signage · inclusive education · independent living · wheelchair ramps · closed captioning · adaptive sports · human rights · service animals
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Sympathy for misfortune
paternalism · savior complex · charity work · dependent care · noblesse oblige
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Absence of feeling
silence · indifference · passivity · complacency · acquiescence
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Bias against disabled individuals
eugenics · forced sterilization · disability stigma · segregationism · institutionalization
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