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Crip Camp: Camp Jened  Started 1951  New york  A community that inadvertently developed some of the most influential disability rights activists  Willowbrook o Understaffed, overcrowded, abuse and mistreatment o Neglect  Section 504 o Anti-discrimination law o Nixon vetoed because of cost  DIA (Disabled In Action) movement o Peaceful protests and marches o Nixon signs  Center for independent living  504 Sit in in san francisco's HEW headquarters o Black panthers helped and brought food o Camp jened members were practically all there o Going to washington o 23 days  3 years later, reagan might repeal o More protests The Disability Rights Movement: The Struggle for Change  Less visibility than the african american civil rights movement, but the same venues  Disabled In Action o Ending discrimination against people with all disabilities o Eliminate barriers o Judy Heumann lawsuit when her application to get a teaching license was rejected for disability  Fire hazard  Medical examiners deemed her insubordinate because of her disability  Real purpose was to legitimatize discrimination  Constance Baker Motley!!!  Although this org has received grants and reform, their visibility depends on the members, not the gov  Noncompliance law  Polling site lawsuit  New york lawyers for the public interest  Dopico v Goldschmidt  Hill v NYC board of elections  DIA utilized litigation

Combination of pro bono and corporate law departments with a public interest law office  Once there were enough legal precedents, NYLPI founded the disability law center  Recognizing disability as a civil rights issue  Handicapped persons legal support unit (HPLSU)  Argued legal services corporation was exempt from 504 - Disability rights education and defense fund DREDF  100,000 grant from someone breaking noncompliance  To establish disability rights as the recognized equivalent of race and gender-based civil rights  Trains law students by offering a course in disability rights law and a clinic to work on cases  You can't legislate attitudes but you can level the playing field  The need for disability rights attorneys o A lot of important litigation necessary  ADAPT o Stresses the tactics of street fighters o American disabled for accessible public transit o American disabled for attendant programs today 

504 Sit Ins  Califano: health, education, and welfare o Doesn’t sign 504 for 4 years  Americans with disabilities coalition  San fransisco only sit in that lasted longer than 28 hours-- 23 days  Allies bring resources and support  “Disability was basically dismissability”  504 bars federal, state, and local institutions from discriminating against people with disabilities  Passed in 1973, wasn’t enforced until 1978 after sit ins  Drunk history video o The disabled community was overcome with emotion because of the actor representation for their community Interview with Judy Huemann  It wasn’t about what was wrong with us, it was about what was wrong with the society and government around us  Judy served in the clinton administration for education and independent living  US department of state  ADA covers public and private buildings  Husband Jorge works at center for independent living  “People need to listen and learn from us”  People assume she's going to get tired...