Ed Robert Disability Right Movement

Disability rights movement is something that is important cause many people know someone who is dealing with disabilities or have disabilities. People with disabilities struggled to have a normal life .Many people don't notice them either or think of them when we think of equality. The disability right movement is important because it is about a series of people who overcame these struggles. Some of the struggles they went through involved their education, employment , and accessibility The disability right movement help gain rights in education. If people hadn't fought threw their struggles they wouldn't be able to go to college . Ed robert was one of several people who had to struggle to get their education. “Robert was the first severally disabled student to attend UC Berkeley “ as stated in the that article called Ed Roberts wheelchair record a story of obstacles written by Victoria Dawson .Robert had been refused admittance because they were not aware of his disability. Ed Robert fought for his admittance to the university .Another issue that student with disability was getting their high school
People with disabilities weren't able to get jobs because people wouldn't hire them.”Such Bob Burgdorf denied an electrician job because of his paralyzed arm and those without diagnosed disabilities” written in article by Joseph P. Shapiro in the New York Times. People with disability weren't given as many opportunity to get jobs because they kept on getting turned away their were several other cases like Bob Burgdorf. In an article written by Jerry Alan Winter called The development of the disability rights movement as a social problem solver she wrote “Employer turned away qualified and competent worker simply because they are disabled “. This caused many issues for people with disabilities they weren’t able to work to maintain themselves or their