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Disability Rights Movement Timeline
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  • 1817: First school for deaf children
  • 1860: Braille is first taught in the U.S.
  • 1867–1970s: The existence of “ugly laws”
  • 1907: First forced sterilization laws
  • 1954: Brown’s role in disability rights
  • 1972: Center for Independent Living
  • 1973–77: Rehabilitation Act and sit-ins
  • 1978: Denver bus protests
  • 1990: Americans with Disabilities Act
  • 2017: Saving the ACA
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