1. Why We Do What We Do: A Brief History of Disability Services
Lindsay E. Stokes
Coordinator of Disability Services
North Carolina Wesleyan College

2. Outline
History and Civil Right Timeline
Video
Discussion
Questions

3. History and Civil Right Timeline
1940s/1950s
Veterans returning from WWII and Korean War
1963
Ed Roberts seeks admission to U.C. Berkeley
1964
Civil Rights Act is passed
1968
Architectural Barriers Act passed
1970
Ed Roberts forms Rolling Quads

4. History and Civil Right Timeline
1971
Ed Roberts and his associates established the Center for Independent Living (CIL) in Berkeley, CA
1973
Rehabilitation Act passes
1976
The Federal Communication Commission authorizes reserving Line 21 on television sets for closed captions
1977
Section 504 Sit-in and eventually the Signing of Section 504

5. History and Civil Right Timeline
1978
American Disabled for Public Transit (ADAPT) was founded
Handicapping America by Frank Bowe is published
1981
The telecommunication for the Disabled Act passed
1983
ADAPT launches nationwide campaign for Accessible Transportation
1988
Gallaudet’s Deaf President Now (DPN) protest was held

6. History and Civil Right Timeline
1990
Americans with Disabilities Act passes
1993
FCC requires decoding chip in all newly manufactured televisions
2008
ADA Amendments are passed

7. VIDEO
Lives Worth Living Trailer
Disability Rights Movement

8. Discussion Questions
What aspect of the history would you like to learn more about?
Of all the events discussed today, what event made the biggest impact on your view of our profession?
Looking where the profession has been, where do you see it going in the next years?

9. QUESTIONS?

10. Food for Thought
“I think the future is the revolution that empowers every single human being on a custom basis. And I think it’s the next step for humanity because it’s necessary to move from the last stages of barbarism into a golden age of science and democracy. We’re not going to have science and democracy until each person is empowered to live their God-given potential and… that’s not going to happen by accident. It’s going to happen when we make it happen.” – Justin Dart

11. References
Information from the timeline was complied by Melanie Thornton, University of Arkansas CURRENTS