by The Disability Union | Thursday, 10 September, 2020 | Disability Rights, History
By 1967 there were 12 disabled students attending UCB and living in Cowel, the university’s health center. Ed Roberts, who was the pioneer who first got the dorm set up, had graduated undergrad and was now working on his masters degree. The Rolling Quads,...
by The Disability Union | Monday, 7 September, 2020 | Disability Rights, History
1962 was a monumental year for the disability rights movement, even if Ed Roberts didn’t know it at the time. The fall of 1962 was when Roberts began his education at University of California at Berkeley. Attending college isn’t noteworthy all on its own, but...
by The Disability Union | Friday, 17 July, 2020 | Disability Laws, Disability Rights
If you’ve read any of our recent articles, you’ve seen us reference the ADA’s diisability laws. The thing is, disability isn’t just contained in America. Disabled people exist all over the world, and the laws to protect them differ from place to...
