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[[ADAPT]] is a self-described "national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom."<ref>[http://adapt.org/ ADAPT, accessed June 22 2017]</ref> | [[ADAPT]] is a self-described "national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom."<ref>[http://adapt.org/ ADAPT, accessed June 22 2017]</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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| + | '''ADAPT''', originally an acronym for "American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit" was founded by [[Wade Blank]] in 1978. It later changed to "American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today." | ||
::"On July 5-6, 1978, Wade and nineteen disabled activists held a public transit bus 'hostage' on the corner of Broadway and Colfax in Denver, Colorado. [[ADAPT]] eventually mushroomed into the nation's first grassroots, disability rights, activist organization. | ::"On July 5-6, 1978, Wade and nineteen disabled activists held a public transit bus 'hostage' on the corner of Broadway and Colfax in Denver, Colorado. [[ADAPT]] eventually mushroomed into the nation's first grassroots, disability rights, activist organization. | ||
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::"In the spring of 1990, the Secretary of Transportation, [[Sam Skinner]], finally issued regulations mandating lifts on buses. These regulations implemented a law passed in 1970-the Urban Mass Transit Act-which required lifts on new buses. The transit industry had successfully blocked implementation of this part of the law for twenty years, until [[ADAPT]] changed their minds and the minds of the nation. | ::"In the spring of 1990, the Secretary of Transportation, [[Sam Skinner]], finally issued regulations mandating lifts on buses. These regulations implemented a law passed in 1970-the Urban Mass Transit Act-which required lifts on new buses. The transit industry had successfully blocked implementation of this part of the law for twenty years, until [[ADAPT]] changed their minds and the minds of the nation. | ||
| − | ::"In 1990, after passage of the [[Americans With Disabilities Act]] (ADA), [[ADAPT]] shifted its vision toward a national system of community-based personal assistance services and the end of the apartheid-type system of segregating people with disabilities by imprisoning them in institutions against their will. The acronym ADAPT became 'American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today.' The fight for a national policy of attendant services and the end of institutionalization continues to this day." | + | ::"In 1990, after passage of the [[Americans With Disabilities Act]] (ADA), [[ADAPT]] shifted its vision toward a national system of community-based personal assistance services and the end of the apartheid-type system of segregating people with disabilities by imprisoning them in institutions against their will. The acronym ADAPT became 'American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today.' The fight for a national policy of attendant services and the end of institutionalization continues to this day."<ref>[http://www.mtstcil.org/skills/il-2-background.html Background on the History of the Independent Living Movement, accessed June 22 2017]</ref> |
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| + | ==Organizers== | ||
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| + | *lead organizer [[Heiwa Solowitz]] | ||
==Protesting Mitch McConnell== | ==Protesting Mitch McConnell== | ||
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| + | [[ADAPT]] members were carried out of Senator Mitch McConnell's office on June 22 2017 as they protested the Republican alternative to Obamacare. | ||
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| + | ==Protesting Trump for support of Disability Integration Act== | ||
| + | [[File:ADAPT Bussing.JPG|350px|thumb|[[ADAPT]] Members on their way to the White House, where they "spent several hours Monday afternoon outside the president’s home calling on the Trump administration to support the Disability Integration Act"]]<ref>[http://www.mtstcil.org/skills/il-2-background.html Background on the History of the Independent Living Movement, accessed June 22 2017]</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Anti-Trump Protests]] | [[Category:Anti-Trump Protests]] | ||
Revision as of 18:03, 22 June 2017
ADAPT is a self-described "national grass-roots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action, including civil disobedience, to assure the civil and human rights of people with disabilities to live in freedom."[1]
History
ADAPT, originally an acronym for "American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit" was founded by Wade Blank in 1978. It later changed to "American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today."
- "On July 5-6, 1978, Wade and nineteen disabled activists held a public transit bus 'hostage' on the corner of Broadway and Colfax in Denver, Colorado. ADAPT eventually mushroomed into the nation's first grassroots, disability rights, activist organization.
- "In the spring of 1990, the Secretary of Transportation, Sam Skinner, finally issued regulations mandating lifts on buses. These regulations implemented a law passed in 1970-the Urban Mass Transit Act-which required lifts on new buses. The transit industry had successfully blocked implementation of this part of the law for twenty years, until ADAPT changed their minds and the minds of the nation.
- "In 1990, after passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), ADAPT shifted its vision toward a national system of community-based personal assistance services and the end of the apartheid-type system of segregating people with disabilities by imprisoning them in institutions against their will. The acronym ADAPT became 'American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today.' The fight for a national policy of attendant services and the end of institutionalization continues to this day."[2]
Organizers
- lead organizer Heiwa Solowitz
Protesting Mitch McConnell
ADAPT members were carried out of Senator Mitch McConnell's office on June 22 2017 as they protested the Republican alternative to Obamacare.
Protesting Trump for support of Disability Integration Act
ADAPT Members on their way to the White House, where they "spent several hours Monday afternoon outside the president’s home calling on the Trump administration to support the Disability Integration Act"