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  2. Laura Hershey - Wikipedia

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    Laura Ann Hershey (August 11, 1962 – November 26, 2010) was a poet, journalist, popular speaker, feminist, and a disability rights activist and consultant. Known to have parked her wheelchair in front of buses, Hershey was one of the leaders of a protest against the paternalistic attitudes and images of people with disabilities inherent to Jerry Lewis's MDA Telethon. [1]

  3. The theme of the International Year of Disabled Persons was "Full Participation and Equality", defined as the right of persons with disabilities to take part fully in the life and development of their societies, enjoy living conditions equal to those of other citizens, and have an equal share in improved conditions resulting from socio-economic ...

  4. Ableism - Wikipedia

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    A poster of the British ... Internalised ableism is a disabled person discriminating against themself and other disabled people by holding the view that disability is ...

  5. Disability flag - Wikipedia

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    The disability flag, overcoming flag or Flag of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a flag that represents people who have disabilities. It was created by the Valencian dancer Eros Recio in 2017 [1] [2] and then presented to the United Nations. The flag is meant for general use, particularly at disability-centered events.

  6. Category:People with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Documentary films about people with disabilities (10 C, 62 P) Fictional characters with disabilities (13 C, 58 P) A. People with amnesia (1 C, 20 P) Amputees (12 C, 7 P)

  7. International Symbol of Access - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1960s, with the rise of universal design, there grew a need for a symbol to identify accessible facilities. [3] In 1968, Norman Acton, President of Rehabilitation International (RI), tasked Karl Montan, chairman of the International Commission of Technology and Accessibility (ICTA), to develop a symbol as a technical aid and present in the group's 1969 World Congress convention in ...

  8. List of people with osteogenesis imperfecta - Wikipedia

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    Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman – A British peer and disability rights activist. [34] Theresia Haidlmayr – She had been a politician of Austria's The Greens – The Green Alternative. [35] Freyja Haraldsdóttir – A member of the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly of 2010. [36] [37] [38]

  9. Best Buddies International - Wikipedia

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    Best Buddies Ambassadors is intended to train people with IDD to be leaders and public speakers in their schools, communities, and workplace. It is intended to be a part of the Disability Rights Movement - teaching people with IDD the skills needed to successfully self-advocate.

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