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American Foundation for the Blind (1921) – primarily serves the blind population and focuses on advocacy and services. The Arc of the United States – A national organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. ARC Association for Real Change (1976) – supports the providers of the individuals with learning ...
Theresa Ducharme – founder of the disabled-rights advocacy group People in Equal Participation Inc. in 1981; the organization's chair for many years thereafter [28] April Dunn – helped pass Act 833 in Louisiana which helped provide alternatives to graduation for students who cannot pass the standardized tests [29]
Healthcare reform advocacy groups in the United States are non-profit organizations in the US who have as one of their primary goals healthcare reform in the United States. These notable organizations address issues such as universal healthcare , national health insurance , and single-payer healthcare .
The disability rights movement is a global [1] [2] [3] social movement that seeks to secure equal opportunities and equal rights for all disabled people. [4]It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advocates, around the world working together with similar goals and demands, such as: accessibility and safety in architecture, transportation, and the ...
Disability law advocacy groups in the United States (6 P) Pages in category "Health and disability rights organizations in the United States" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Families protest the level of services the state provides to disabled people at a demonstration outside the Regional Center of Orange County in Costa Mesa on Sept. 29, 2022.
Disabilities affect people in different ways, Hill, the disability advocate, said. People have to consider the individual ways to accommodate people with disabilities during a natural disaster.
The Reagan Administration was not interested in making grants to civil rights groups. Meanwhile, each disability group in the coalition—people with physical disabilities, the deaf, the blind, and individuals with cognitive limitations—responded to the threat posed by the Administration by retreating to protect its base.