List of disability rights activists

A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living movement.

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  • Paul Darke – British academic and international disability rights activist
  • Justin Whitlock Dart Jr. – co-founder of the American Association of People with Disabilities[30]
  • Nyle DiMarco – activist and spokesperson for LEAD-K, 'Language Equality and Acquisition for Deaf Kids' campaign for American Sign Language and English in education setting
  • D. P. SharmaIndian disability rights activist working for equal opportunity in education, tech enabled education access, and transformation in education and employment policies
  • Rich Donovan – economist and founder of the Return On Disability Index
  • Theresa Ducharme – founder of the disabled-rights advocacy group People in Equal Participation Inc. in 1981; the organization's chair for many years thereafter[31]
  • April Dunn – helped pass Act 833 in Louisiana which helped provide alternatives to graduation for students who cannot pass the standardized tests[32]

E

  • Anne Emerman - director of the New York City Mayor's Office for Disabilities (MOPD) during the administration of David Dinkins.[33]
  • Dominick Evans – filmmaker, activist, founder of #FilmDis. Media & Entertainment advocate for Center for Disability Rights in New York.[34]
  • Edward Evans – Chairman of the UK Ministry of Health Health Advisory Committee on Handicapped Persons from 1949 to 1960[35]

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  • Corbett O'Toole – disability rights activist and author in Berkeley, California; established the National Disabled Women's Educational Equity Project
  • Mary Jane Owen – disability rights activist, philosopher, policy expert and writer who has lived and worked in Washington, D.C. since 1979

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  • Joni Ericson Tada – evangelical Christian author, radio host, and founder of Joni and Friends, an organization "accelerating Christian ministry in the disability community."[101]
  • Sunaura Taylor – artist, writer, and activist[102]
  • Jack Thorne – English screenwriter and playwright
  • Lauren Tuchman – first blind woman ordained as a rabbi and advocate for disability justice and inclusive Torah[103]

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  • Susanna van Tonder – Luxembourgish disability-rights activist, patient advocate and blogger with multiple sclerosis
  • Lizzie Velásquez – author and public speaker on themes of self-esteem and bullying of young people with disabilities
  • Henry Viscardi Jr. – American disability-rights activist who was also advisor to eight US presidents on disability matters

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  • Frieda Zames – mathematics professor, writer and advocate for access to all aspects of public life, especially transportation; as an official of Disabled in Action, campaigned for wheelchair access on New York City buses, ferries and taxis and buildings like the Empire State Building; with her sister, Zames, wrote the book, The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation
  • Maysoon Zayid – Palestinian actress, comedian, and disability rights activist known for her Ted Talk, "I've Got 99 Problems...Palsy is Just One"
  • Hale Zukas – architectural and transportation barriers consultant, known for his pioneering work in Berkeley, California; lobbied for the creation and adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

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