People
Who was Stacey Park Milbern?
Modern disability rights activist who focused on inclusion in the disability rights movement, medical reform, and service during the pandemic
ADA
Americans with Disabilities Act
What was the result of Rosa's Law?
Removing outdated terms for people with disabilities from schools and laws.
Challenged the idea of 'separate but equal' education for Black Americans
Brown v. Board of Education
Who served on the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Obama Administration)?
Stacey Park Milbern
IDEA
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
What act required public schools to provide free appropriate education in the least restrictive environment to children with disabilities?
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Act)
Challenged the placement of people with disabilities in hospitals instead of in the community
Olmstead Lawsuit
Who was the famous nurse who lobbied for improvement of mental institutions?
Dorothea Dix
ADAAA
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Amendments Act
How many sections is the ADA broken into?
five
Sit-ins at the Department of Health Education Welfare were to protest the lack of followup on which law?
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
Who were Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson?
Activists who filed the Olmstead lawsuit. Fought for the right of individuals with disabilities to live in communities, not institutions.
ACCD
American Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities
Which groups were allies to the disabled community during the 504 sit-ins?
Machinists union and the Black Panthers
1970: This lawsuit discrimination against children with disabilities attending public schools
PARC v. The Commonwealth of PA
Who were Judy Heumann and Frank Bowe?
Leaders of the ACCD (American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities) who organized the 504 sit-ins
NCLB
No Child Left Behind
What group of people did the Soldiers Rehabilitation Act of 1918 originally aim to help?
World War I Veterans with Disabilities
1972: This expanded the ruling that children with disabilities could attend public schools, adding children with developmental disabilities
Mills v. the Board of Education