People With Disabilities
The understanding of people with disabilities has been extremely varied throughout the years. From the early years of the 18th century to the current public opinion, people with disabilities have often been mistreated and misunderstood. People with disabilities have had to battle with bias thinking and harmful stereotypes. “The stigmatization of disability resulted in the social and economic marginalization of generations of Americans with disabilities, and like many other oppressed minorities, left people with disabilities in a severe state of impoverishment for centuries.” (Anti-Defamation League) Starting in the 18th century, public opinion of people with disabilities has been noticed. People with disabilities were considered meager
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This came largely in part to the fact that he had a disability of his own. Unfortunately, public opinion mostly stayed the same, and people with disabilities were labeled as abnormal. Later own in the 1960’s, advocates for people with disabilities saw an opportunity to join sides with minority groups during the Civil Rights Movement. Parents were at the front of this stand, and demanded their children be taken out of institutions and placed in schools. “In the 1970s, disability rights activists lobbied Congress and marched on Washington to include civil rights language for people with disabilities into the 1972 Rehabilitation Act…. In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act was passed, and for the first time in history, civil rights of people with disabilities were protected by law.” (Anti-Defamation League) Then, in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed for children with disabilities to gain access into public school systems. Now public opinion was starting to transform and people with disabilities were becoming nationally …show more content…
People with disabilities now have jobs, they are graduating, and they are being accepted as athletes. The days of the asylums are long gone and people with disabilities have the freedom to be themselves. Unfortunately, there are still some bad apples in the bunch, but public opinion has vastly changed since the 1800’s. From being ridiculed by the masses, to now being accepted by the masses, people with disabilities have been roughly treated throughout the years, but there are greener pastures
This came largely in part to the fact that he had a disability of his own. Unfortunately, public opinion mostly stayed the same, and people with disabilities were labeled as abnormal. Later own in the 1960’s, advocates for people with disabilities saw an opportunity to join sides with minority groups during the Civil Rights Movement. Parents were at the front of this stand, and demanded their children be taken out of institutions and placed in schools. “In the 1970s, disability rights activists lobbied Congress and marched on Washington to include civil rights language for people with disabilities into the 1972 Rehabilitation Act…. In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act was passed, and for the first time in history, civil rights of people with disabilities were protected by law.” (Anti-Defamation League) Then, in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed for children with disabilities to gain access into public school systems. Now public opinion was starting to transform and people with disabilities were becoming nationally …show more content…
People with disabilities now have jobs, they are graduating, and they are being accepted as athletes. The days of the asylums are long gone and people with disabilities have the freedom to be themselves. Unfortunately, there are still some bad apples in the bunch, but public opinion has vastly changed since the 1800’s. From being ridiculed by the masses, to now being accepted by the masses, people with disabilities have been roughly treated throughout the years, but there are greener pastures