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List of disability rights activists

List of disability rights activists is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of disability rights activists rather than just read about it. In short: A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living movement.

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A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living movement.

A Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021 Ola Abu Alghaib – disability activist from Palestine, focusses on inclusion, gender and disability rights Hiljmnijeta Apuk – founding director of the Little People of Kosovo Fatima al-Aqel – opened a school for blind women in Yemen in 1995

B Mel Baggs – autism rights activist and blogger Safiya al Bahlani – Omani artist, graphic designer, disability rights activist, and motivational speaker Jamala al-Baidhani – created the Al-Tahadi Association for Disabled Females, the first group in Yemen devoted to helping girls with disabilities Julia Bascom – autistic rights activist and former executive director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network Andrew Batavia – ADA regulations drafter, co-founder of AUTONOMY, Inc. Giselle Bellas – Cuban-American singer-songwriter; Alzheimer's disease advocate Sister Sponsa Beltran – worked with children and people with disabilities in Liberia Dana Bolles – spaceflight engineer and advocate for those with disabilities in STEM Shahar Botzer – Israeli activist who promoted a law to provide equal right to education for children with disabilities Tiffany Brar – founder of Jyothirgamaya Foundation, a not for profit NGO for visually impaired Gabriela Brimmer – had cerebral palsy; life chronicled in the American-Mexican drama film Gaby: A True Story (1987), directed by Luis Mandoki Marca Bristo – cofounded the (American) National Council on Independent Living (NCIL) with Max Starkloff and Charlie Carr Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown – autistic activist and writer Sheletta Brundidge – children's author and autism advocate

C Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton – commissioner of the British Disability Rights Commission Charlie Carr – cofounder of National Council on Independent Living, Boston Center for Independent Living and founder and CEO of The Northeast Independent Living Program in Lawrence, Massachusetts; went on to become Commissioner of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission under Governor Deval Patrick Liz Carr – British actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist Bob Casey, Jr. – United States Senator from Pennsylvania, widely recognized as a leading advocate for people with disabilities expansion of Medicaid home and community-based services Mama Cax – American-Haitian model and disabled rights activist Judi Chamberlin – American activist, leader, organizer, public speaker and educator in the psychiatric survivors movement; her political activism followed her involuntary confinement in a psychiatric facility in the 1960s; author of On Our Own: Patient-Controlled Alternatives to the Mental Health System, a foundational text in the Mad Pride movement James I. Charlton – activist and author of Nothing About Us Without Us María Soledad Cisternas – Chilean disability rights activist, member of the committee that drafted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and served as the chairperson on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; in 2017, was appointed the Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility for the United Nations Claudia Cockburn – British activist for transportation accessibility Tony Coelho – former congressman from California, primary author and U.S. House sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act Rebecca Cokley – Executive Director of the National Council on Disability Kitty Cone – disability rights activist and staff member of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Lois Curtis – American activist and the lead plaintiff in a U.S. Supreme Court case about unjustified segregation of people with disabilities in healthcare institutions

D Andrea Dalzell – American nurse and disability rights activist Paul Darke – British academic and international disability rights activist Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. – co-founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities Lilian Dibo Eyong – Cameroonian model, disability rights activist, women's rights advocate, mental health advocate and educator. Nyle DiMarco – activist and spokesperson for LEAD-K, 'Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids' campaign for American Sign Language and English in education setting Rich Donovan – economist and founder of the Return On Disability Index Theresa Ducharme – founder of the disabled-rights advocacy group People in Equal Participation Inc. in 1981; the organization's chair for many years thereafter April Dunn – helped pass Act 833 in Louisiana which helped provide alternatives to graduation for students who cannot pass the standardized tests

E Anne Emerman – director of the New York City Mayor's Office for Disabilities (MOPD) during the administration of David Dinkins Dominick Evans – filmmaker, activist, founder of #FilmDis; Media & Entertainment advocate for Center for Disability Rights in New York Edward Evans – Chairman of the UK Ministry of Health Health Advisory Committee on Handicapped Persons 1949–1960

F Fred Fay – American advocate for disabled persons Chai Feldblum – lead attorney on legal team that drafted the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Julie Fernandez – actress with osteogenesis imperfecta; founded The Disability Foundation; active in presentation of disabled people Vic Finkelstein – South African born activist and academic, pioneer of the social model of disability Catherine Frazee – co-director of Ryerson University's Institute for Disability Studies Research and Education Lex Frieden – Chairman of the National Council on Disability 2002–2006; key developer of the Americans with Disabilities Act Judy Fryd – founded group in 1946 for parents of children with a learning disability; the group later became Mencap

G Haben Girma – first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School Marilyn Golden – disability transportation activist Miro Griffiths – disabled academic and activist Chen Guangcheng – Chinese civil rights activist

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