
To build a society that advances the human rights of all people requires the social justice movement to be intentional in including intersecting identities and diverse equity struggles. The disability rights movement’s foundational principle—“Nothing about us without us”—has been a rallying cry through much of the movement’s long narrative of intersecting with more high-profile social justice struggles. The legislation most people celebrate in association with disability rights, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, was influenced by the landmark civil rights legislation of 1964, and represents what people with disabilities had always sought: for their rights to be recognized and respected. But ableism doesn’t simply end with legislation; it remains a challenge, and the goals of equity and inclusion—in schools, society and the social justice movement—have yet to be fully realized
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