Material Listing

This article discusses how using language that puts the person before their disability and that describes what the person has, not who the person is can help to promote inclusion, freedom, and respect for all.

Words simultaneously reflect and reinforce our attitudes and perceptions. In this article, the author argues against using the descriptor “special needs” for people with disabilities, discussing how it can promote negative attitudes and segregation.

This article offers a brief history of the disability rights movement and discusses the need for a counter-hegemonic politics of disability liberation.

This virtual exhibit from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History explores key milestones in the disability rights movement.

This page from the Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Independent Living Management provides a list of national and international milestones highlighting people, events, and legislation affecting the disability rights movement.

This brief article describes what the term "invisible disability" means and why it is important to understand invisible disabilities.

This short paper describes three kinds of pseudo-allies to people with disabilities, providing insights into what true allyship looks like.

This slide show provides information on the elements of an accessible meeting and offers practical guidance for advocates and others planning accessible meetings and events.

This checklist is designed to help organizations identify accessibility problems and solutions in existing facilities in order to meet obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The goal of the survey process is to plan how to make an existing facility more usable for people with disabilities.

This document sets guidelines for accessibility to places of public accommodation and commercial facilities by individuals with disabilities. These guidelines are to be applied during the design, construction, and alteration of such buildings and facilities to the extent required by regulations issued by federal agencies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.