Organizations
ADAPT
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"ADAPT is a national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom."
American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today (ADAPT) Organization - 1983 |
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DREDF
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"The Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, founded in 1979, is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities."
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) Organization - 1979 |
Disabled in Action
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"We are a civil rights organization committed to ending discrimination against people with disabilities — all disabilities. We fight to eliminate the barriers that prevent us from enjoying full equality in American society. "
Disabled in Action (DIA) - 1970 |
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National Council on Disability
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"In 1986, NCD recommended enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act, and then drafted the first version of the bill introduce in the House and Senate in 1988. Since enactment of the ADA in 1990, NCD has continued to play a leading role in analyzing the needs of people with disabilities, crafting policy solutions, and advising the President and Congress."
National Council on Disability (NCD) - 1978 |
National Council on Independent Living
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"As a membership organization, NCIL advances independent living and the rights of people with disabilities through consumer-driven advocacy."
National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) - 1982 |
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Australian Federation of Disabilities Organizations
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"AFDO is in the unique position of bringing the concerns of people with a disability from a range of individual disability diagnosis and demographic factors as well as cross disability organizations together to form a combined and strong voice for people with a disability."
Australian Federation of Disabilities Organizations (AFDO) - 2004 |
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information"
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - 1965 |
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The American Association of People with Disabilities
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"Promoting equal opportunity, economic power, independent living and political participation for people with disabilities."
The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) - 1995 |
World Institute on Disability
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"The mission of the World Institute on Disability (WID) in communities and nations worldwide is to eliminate barriers to full social integration and increase employment, economic security and health care for persons with disabilities. WID creates innovative programs and tools; conducts research, training, public education and advocacy campaigns; and provides technical assistance."
World Institute on Disability - 1983 |
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