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Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. (August 29, 1930 – June 22, 2002) was an American activist and advocate for people with disabilities. He helped to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, co-founded the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), and is regarded as the "Godfather of the ADA".
The idea behind Linclusion, founded by Stephen and Jamie Marks, is to match certified, personal aids with children with disabilities at summer camp. Improving accessibility for kids with ...
Happy birthday to our daughter — we dropped the ‘in-law’ part because we consider you part of our family. Happy birthday to our sweet, funny, caring, thoughtful and wickedly smart daughter ...
High school senior yearbook quotes often express hopes for the future, but for one graduate, it was all about confronting sexism. Chloe Cross of San Mateo High School in California shared her ...
IDEA is composed of four parts, the main two being part A and part B. [2] Part A covers the general provisions of the law; Part B covers assistance for education of all children with disabilities; Part C covers infants and toddlers with disabilities, including children from birth to age three; and Part D consists of the national support ...
The law defined the relatively new term "developmental disability" to include specific conditions that originate prior to age 18, are expected to continue indefinitely, and that constitute a substantial handicap. [2] These conditions included intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, and dyslexia. [2]
WASATCH COUNTY, Utah - Female students at a Utah high school want to know why their yearbook photos were altered to show less skin without them knowing about it, Fox13 reports. The students who ...
Professor Ian Davidson and colleagues analyzed the depiction of disabled characters in a collection of 19th children's literature from the Toronto Public Library. [5] The researchers found certain common characteristics of disability representation in 19th-century children's literature: disabled characters rarely appeared as individuals, but are usually depicted as impersonal groups and ...