A great deal of advocacy work has centered on K-12 education. Today advocates are looking at new ways to define education for adults with intellectual disabilities.
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April A to Z Blogging Challenge: Civil Rights
The disability community at large has been fighting for civil rights for decades.
![“I can’t even get to the back of the bus.” ADAPT activists protesting for accessible transportation, Philadelphia, 1990. [Smithsonian National Museum of American History]](http://s534728919.onlinehome.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Civil_Rights_Disability_Rights_header.jpg)
Missouri Families and Lawmakers Fight to Save Sheltered Workshops
A new Missouri state resolution reaffirms the state’s support of sheltered workshops after disabled people and their families band together to “protect the right to choose sheltered employment as a valuable work choice.”
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