Disability history
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The Capitol Crawl
On 12 March 1990, hundreds of wheelchair users crawled up the steps of the US Capitol
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Helen Keller
The deaf and blind American writer who became famous around the world
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Britain's little blue disability car
For decades disabled people in the UK were offered tiny, three-wheeled cars for transport
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India's campaign for disability rights
How activists forced through the first law to help tens of millions of disabled Indians
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Rwanda at the Paralympics
In 2012, Rwanda's sitting volleyball team became their country's first Paralympians
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The fight for disabled rights in the UK
The wheelchair warriors who brought London to a standstill to make their point
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America's 504 Disability Rights Protests
In April 1977, US disabled activists occupied a government building for nearly a month.
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The Writer With Cerebral Palsy Who Made History
Christopher Nolan became the first severely disabled person to win the Whitbread prize.
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Born on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic is a former US Marine turned peace activist whose story became a Hollywood film
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Makaton - the signing system that changes lives
The creation of a communication system for people with learning difficulties in the 1970s
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Witnessing the birth of a new language
In the 1980s deaf children in Nicaragua invented a completely new sign language
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Deaf Rights Protest
Students at the world's first deaf-only University demand a deaf college President.
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The First Paralympic Games—Sporting Witness
The first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960.
