Who founded some of the first movements toward independent living and disability rights?
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Which people founded some of the first movements toward independent living and disability rights? Which type of people founded some of the first movements toward independent living and disability rights?
Ed Roberts, Judith Heumann, Peg Nosek, Lex Frieden
people with extensive disabilities
Disability rights movement
Who founded some of the first movements toward independent living and disability rights?
Disability rights movement Independent living Timeline of disability rights in the United States Judith Heumann List of disability rights activists Autism rights movement Psychiatric survivors movement Normalization (people with disabilities) Social model of disability Lex Frieden
The <b>disability rights movement</b> is a global social <b>movement to</b> secure equal 
opportunities and ... Restrictive laws exist in <b>some</b> countries, particularly affecting 
people with ... The right <b>to</b> have an independent life, using paid assistant care 
instead of ... of the <b>disability rights movement</b> was the growth of the <b>independent</b> 
<b>living</b>&nbsp;... <b>Independent living</b>, as seen by its advocates, is a philosophy, a way of looking at 
society and ... As others with <b>disabilities started</b> attending the school and living in 
the ... This program led <b>to</b> the <b>first independent living</b> center in America being 
made, the ... the IL <b>Movement</b> claims, persons with <b>disabilities</b> have the same 
<b>right to</b>&nbsp;... This <b>disability rights</b> timeline lists events relating <b>to</b> the civil rights of people with 
disabilities in ... Although the <b>disability rights movement</b> itself began in the 1960s, 
advocacy ... These laws deemed it illegal for &quot;<b>any</b> person, who is diseased, 
maimed, ... an <b>early</b> voice for <b>disability rights</b>, <b>independent living</b>, and cross-
disability&nbsp;... Judith Ellen Heumann &quot;Judy&quot; (born December 18, 1947) is an International 
<b>disability rights</b> ... Heumann&#39;s commitment <b>to disability rights</b> stems from her 
personal experiences. ... friends (<b>some</b> of whom she met a Camp for children with 
Disabilities) <b>founded</b> ... She was an <b>early</b> adapter of the <b>Independent Living</b> 
<b>Movement</b>. A <b>disability</b>-<b>rights</b> activist or <b>disability</b>-<b>rights</b> advocate is someone who works 
<b>towards</b> the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally 
considered a member of the <b>disability</b>-<b>rights movement</b> and/or the <b>independent</b>-
<b>living movement</b>. ... Rich Donovan – economist and <b>founder</b> of the Return On 
Disability Index&nbsp;... The autism <b>rights movement</b>, also known as the autistic culture <b>movement</b> or the 
neurodiversity ... Jim Sinclair is credited as the <b>first</b> person <b>to</b> communicate the 
anti-cure or ... In 1996, ANI <b>established</b> a yearly retreat known as &quot;Autreat. ... 
launched an e-mail list called &quot;<b>Independent Living</b> on the Autism Spectrum,&quot; or &quot;
InLv. The psychiatric survivors <b>movement</b> is a diverse association of individuals who 
either currently ... The psychiatric survivors <b>movement</b> arose out of the civil <b>rights</b> 
<b>movement</b> of the ... That year the Support Coalition International (SCI) was 
<b>formed</b>. ... While activists in the <b>movement</b> may share a collective identity <b>to some</b> 
extent,&nbsp;... &quot;The normalization principle means making available <b>to</b> all people with 
<b>disabilities</b> patterns of life and conditions of everyday living ... Normalization 
theory arose in the <b>early</b> 1970s, <b>towards</b> the end of the institutionalisation period 
... Sociopolitical definitions of <b>disability</b>, the <b>independent living movement</b>, 
improved media and&nbsp;... The social model of disability is a reaction <b>to</b> the dominant individual medical 
model of disability ... The <b>origins</b> of the approach can be traced <b>to</b> the 1960s, and 
the specific term emerged ... model of disability begins with the <b>history</b> of the 
<b>disability rights movement</b>. ... &quot;<b>Independent Living</b> and the Medical Model of 
Disability&quot;. Lex Frieden (born March 5, 1949) is an American educator, researcher, disability 
policy expert and <b>disability rights</b> activist. Frieden has been called &quot;a chief 
architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act.&quot; He is also regarded as a <b>founder</b> 
and leader of the <b>independent living movement</b> by people with disabilities in the 
U.S. ... The Council issued two major reports, <b>Toward</b> Independence and On the
&nbsp;...
Julie Ann Racino Ed Roberts Peg Nosek Judith Heumann Lex Frieden
Independent living