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unusual facts about disability rights



Moni Ovadia

A long time advocate of the cultural rights of persons with disabilities, on the 20 June 2013 Ovadia held for the first time a full representation in Italian Sign Language of "Il registro dei peccati", one of his most famous monologues.

Terri Schiavo case

While the bill had been proposed by Republican Senators Rick Santorum and Mel Martinez, it also had the support of Democratic Senator Tom Harkin due to disability rights concerns in the Schiavo case.

Therapeutic boarding school

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a disability rights organization, opposes placement in therapeutic boarding schools, equating them with residential treatment centers.


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Chrissie Maher

2000 Maher, disability rights campaigner Lord Alfred Morris of Manchester, and World Wide Web creator Tim Berners-Lee were named "Information Pioneers of the Century" by the UK's National Information Forum.

Disability in the media

Disability rights activist Lex Frieden has stated, "That was the first time that millions of people were exposed to disability rights as the number one story".

Harriet Johnson

Harriet McBryde Johnson (1957–2008), American author, attorney, and disability rights activist

Lives Worth Living

The documentary intersperses archival footage with first-person interviews with disability rights activists who fought discrimination such as Fred Fay, I. King Jordan, Judi Chamberlin and Judith Heumann, and with legislators who helped draft and secure the passage of the ADA, including Tony Coelho and Tom Harkin.