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  2. Larry McAfee - Wikipedia

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    Larry McAfee (November 18, 1955 – October 1, 1995) [1] was an American figure in the right to die and disability rights movements. A C1 quadriplegic, he successfully sued the State of Georgia for the right to disconnect his ventilator, but chose to remain alive after receiving further accommodations for his disability.

  3. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...

  4. Sullivan v. Zebley - Wikipedia

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    The Zebley claim was originally denied by the state disability determination services (DDS) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. On July 12, 1983, plaintiffs, including Zebley, filed a class action complaint challenging the Social Security Administration (SSA) listing-only policy of evaluating childhood disability claims. Community Legal Services of ...

  5. Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams

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    Upon Toyota's appeal, the District Court issued a summary judgment that the Williams' impairment did not qualify as a "disability" under the ADA because her disability did not "substantially limit" any "major life activity" §12102(2)(A), [3] and that there was no evidence that she possessed a record of such disabilities.

  6. A Lawsuit Threatens the Disability Protections I've Known My ...

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    Some tell concerned callers that the lawsuit has been paused, while lawyers working on the case confirm the judge has set a Feb. 25, 2025, deadline for the 17 states and U.S. government to submit ...

  7. Stanley v. City of Sanford - Wikipedia

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    Stanley v. City of Sanford is a pending United States Supreme Court case in which the Court will determine whether or not a former employee who was qualified to perform her job and who earned post-employment benefits while employed lose her right to sue over discrimination with respect to those benefits solely because she no longer holds her job, under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

  8. Lois Curtis - Wikipedia

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    Lois Jeanette Curtis (14 July 1967 – 3 November 2022) was an American artist and the lead plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case that became known as the Olmstead Decision in which the court held that the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities was discriminatory, and a breach of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  9. Ed Roberts (activist) - Wikipedia

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    The World Institute on Disability is internationally known, and considered a hotbed of disability politics activism. Roberts speaking at a disability leadership conference in 1981 Before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was passed, Roberts realized that many of the buildings at UC Berkeley were not accessible to him or other ...