![]() ![]() Judy was a trailblazer and extraordinary leader during her decades of human rights advocacy and public service. ![]() citizens with disabilities the right “to equal opportunity.”įor this historic legislation, and for all that it has inspired throughout the world, we owe a great debt to Judith “Judy” Heumann - the “mother of the disability rights movement” and one of one of the protagonists of today’s film screening. Modeled on other civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, color, age, national origin, or religion, the ADA guarantees U.S. This commemorates the Jpassage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability. Today we come together to celebrate National Disability Independence Day and Disability Pride Month here at the OAS. On behalf of the Missions of the United States, Chile and Uruguay to the OAS, as well as the Art Museum of the Americas and the OAS Secretariat on Access to Rights and Equity, welcome!
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