Write a 5-8 sentence paragraph in which you summarize the changing attitudes of Americans toward people with disabilities Use examples from the lesson to support your ideas.

The treatment of people with disabilities over the past 100 years was often cruel and shocking. Prior to the 1930's, disabled people were viewed as unhealthy and defective, and thus were often abandoned by their own families due to a lack of understanding about their condition.

Why are positive attitudes towards disability important?

The social model underpins positive attitudes towards disability because it works at removing the barriers that can limit and individual from making equal life choices and looks at what an individual's abilities are rather than their disabilities.  helping individuals identify and pursue opportunities.

What started the disability rights movement?

By the 1960s, the civil rights movement began to take shape, and disability advocates saw the opportunity to join forces alongside other minority groups to demand equal treatment, equal access and equal opportunity for people with disabilities.

The ADA is a major civil rights law that prohibits discrimination of people with disabilities in many aspects of public life. The disability rights movement continues to work hard for equal rights. ... The League of the Physically Handicapped organized in the 1930s, fighting for employment during the Great Depression

What did the disability rights movement eventually achieve? The goals for the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities were primarily achieving equal rights under the Constitution like other minority groups were doing during this time period.

Of Western nations, the United States is generally considered the most advanced in terms of social welfare and human rights. The results showed that Americans had the most positive attitude toward people with disabilities