Disability Rights Perspectives presentation for Asher's class

1. Issues that People Debate
Disability Rights

2. Dan Habib
• Dan Habib is a Disability Rights Activist
• He has a son, Samuel, who has a disability.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izkN5vLbn
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3. ADA Law
• 1990- Former President George Bush signed
the Americans With Disabilities Act into effect.
• The Americans With Disabilities Act is a civil
rights law that protects qualified individuals
with disabilities from discrimination.
• When is a another time in history where you
have heard the term civil rights?

4. What does ADA law mean for people
with disabilities?
• Access to the community
• Equal opportunity for employment
Think about Durango….what is ADA accessible?
What places are not ADA accessible?
• What is your opinion on ADA access?

5. Disability Rights in Schools
• Before 1954 many students did not receive an
equal education.
• In 1954 segregating black and white students into
separate schools was deemed unconstitutional

6. The Perspective of 4 Moms in 1971
• Helped write and pass into place the first
special education civil rights legislation called.
Education For All, giving students with
disabilities access to public education.

7. Education for All
Handicapped
Children Act
• The EHACA was adopted as a Federal law in
1975.
• The problem with this law was it did not
respect the individual needs of the students.

8. IDEA
• In 1990 the Individuals With Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) passed.
• This law gave freedom to disabled students to
be placed in the best educational setting
based on their individual abilities.

9. Disability Rights in Durango and
Beyond

10. The End