Disabled People In The 1800s
Disability Rights
In the 1800s disabled people were considered meager, tragic, pitiful people unfit and unable to be in society except for entertainment. They assumed that they were simple minded and abnormal tons of people went under sterilization. Most disabled people were admitted to institution and asylums where many spent their whole lives. Separating the disable with the able was considered merciful actions, but it just served as a way to keep disabled people hidden, invisible, and out of site from a world that was fearful and unfair. Hiding the disabled continued until World War 1 when disabled veterans expected the US to provide rehabilitation for the service.
During the 1900s most people with disability pushed for disability to be recognized as aspect of identity that influences the experiences of an individual, not as the sole defining feature of a …show more content…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president with a disability but he still operated that disabilities were abnormal, shameful, and should be cured or fixed.
In the 1940s and 50s, World War 2 disabled veterans increased to pressure for the government to give them rehabilitation. The veterans made disability issues more visible to the country. Disabled people still had no access to public transportation, telephones, restrooms and stores.
By the 1960s the civil movement started and disability advocates saw the opportunity to demand for equal rights. Parents were at the front demanding that their child be taken out of the asylum or institution and placed in schools instead.
In the 1970s activists lobbied in congress and marched on Washington. In 1973 the rehabilitation Act was passed. The law provided equal opportunity for employment, prohibiting discrimination physically or mentally. It also established the Architectural and Transportation Barriers compliance board, mandating equal access to public
In the 1800s disabled people were considered meager, tragic, pitiful people unfit and unable to be in society except for entertainment. They assumed that they were simple minded and abnormal tons of people went under sterilization. Most disabled people were admitted to institution and asylums where many spent their whole lives. Separating the disable with the able was considered merciful actions, but it just served as a way to keep disabled people hidden, invisible, and out of site from a world that was fearful and unfair. Hiding the disabled continued until World War 1 when disabled veterans expected the US to provide rehabilitation for the service.
During the 1900s most people with disability pushed for disability to be recognized as aspect of identity that influences the experiences of an individual, not as the sole defining feature of a …show more content…
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first president with a disability but he still operated that disabilities were abnormal, shameful, and should be cured or fixed.
In the 1940s and 50s, World War 2 disabled veterans increased to pressure for the government to give them rehabilitation. The veterans made disability issues more visible to the country. Disabled people still had no access to public transportation, telephones, restrooms and stores.
By the 1960s the civil movement started and disability advocates saw the opportunity to demand for equal rights. Parents were at the front demanding that their child be taken out of the asylum or institution and placed in schools instead.
In the 1970s activists lobbied in congress and marched on Washington. In 1973 the rehabilitation Act was passed. The law provided equal opportunity for employment, prohibiting discrimination physically or mentally. It also established the Architectural and Transportation Barriers compliance board, mandating equal access to public