Section 3: Differing Views of a Minority
Most of the public saw people with disabilities as incapable citizens who could not think for themselves. That is why they limited their rights. Other people did not realize that the disabled had dreams of their own, families they wanted to be with, education they needed to receive. People with disabilities felt indignant and fought for their voices to be heard.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had secured the rights of several minority groups whose rights had also been hindered like women, African Americans, and Lesbians/Gays/Transgender?Bisexual. But it had not promised any of that for the handicapped. The goal of the Disability Movement was to gain the same rights for the disabled. The following poems show two differing views on the Disability Movement, one from the eyes of the public, and one from the victim:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had secured the rights of several minority groups whose rights had also been hindered like women, African Americans, and Lesbians/Gays/Transgender?Bisexual. But it had not promised any of that for the handicapped. The goal of the Disability Movement was to gain the same rights for the disabled. The following poems show two differing views on the Disability Movement, one from the eyes of the public, and one from the victim: