Earlier Events
The Asylum for Idiots and the Feeble-Minded is opened in Ontario
1876
Disability defined as a result of barriers (social model)
Late 1970s
Nova Scotia Accessibility Act
2017
Late 1800s
Beginnings of disability activism
1950s
Nova Scotia Human Rights Remedy
2023
Non profit organizations were created to deliver services to veterans ranging from rehabilitation to employment counselling
1918
Black Panther Movement Founded with an understanding that institutionalization and psychiatry are forms of violence inflicted by the state
1966
UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled People
1975
Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) was founded
1918
A group of disabled activists of colour conceptualize the framework of disability justice
2005
Accessibility for Ontarians Act
2005
Growth of Institutions and Asylums
Late 1800s
Nova Scotia League for Equal Opportunities started
1980
The Canadian Human Rights Act