New York Univ. / independent living movement / University of California / National Council on Independent Living / NAACP Legal Defense Fund / United Cerebral Palsy Association / University's Cowell Hospital / Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund / Disability Rights Movement / Cambridge Univ. / New Civil Rights Movement / Center for Independent Living / American Coalition of Citizens / World Institute on Disabilities / Gallaudet University in Washington / Temple Univ. / /
Person
Laurie Umansky / Edward Berkowitz / Irving Kenneth Zola / Joseph Califano / Jerry Brown / Ed Roberts / Paul K. Longmore / Judy Heumann / Joseph P. Shapiro / Jo Freeman / Fred Pelka / Harriet McBryde Johnson / Henry Holt / /
Position
teacher / Governor / professor / director of rehabilitation services / Deaf President / secretary / activist / /
Disability Rights Movement By the most inclusive count, 43 million Americans (17 percent of the population) has some form of disability -- a large potential constituency. But this constituency has long been fragmented by