Peter Blanck
2008
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Jacobus tenBroek understood The Right to Live in the World. At the dawn of disability rights advocacy, in 1966, tenBroek argued for a policy of "integrationalism," which called for the full and equal participation in society of persons with disabilities. Only years later would the rights-based model of disability be set out in federal laws like the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.
Peter Blanck. (2008). “The Right to Live in the World”: Disability Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, 13(2), 369-403.
Keywords: Americans with Disabilities Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Integration, Rehabilitation Act of 1973