with disabilities from getting married or entering the country. However, this dark piece of American history is oftentimes conveniently forgotten. Later, the Nazis would model their eugenics movement after the one in the United States.
In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first president to have a disability. Although Roosevelt advocated for the disabled and signed the Social Security Act, which established a program of permanent assistance for disabled adults, he still did not attempt to normalize disabilities. They were still seen as mistakes, that people should be ashamed of. The very same year, the League of the Physically Handicapped was the first organization for disabled people created by disabled people. The league was formed after it was discovered that the Home Relief Bureau of New York labelled workers physically handicapped on their requests for employment. This allowed employers to discriminate and …. Less work opportunities. People were outraged by these actions and a large protest took place in New York. The league founded in order to prevent future work related discrimination.