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Infographic: Top 5 Historic Moments in Disability Rights

Infographic titled 'Top 5 Historic Moments in Disability Rights' featuring a background with exploding fireworks.

1968 - Architectural Barriers Act passed

1972 - Ed Robert and others establish the first Center for Independent Living

1973 - Rehabilitation Act Section 504 Passed

1988 - Dr. I. King Jordan named first Deaf President of Gallaudet University

1990 - Americans with Disabilities Act passed

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Northeast ADA Center
Yang-Tan Institute on Employment and Disability
Cornell University, ILR School
201 Dolgen Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Phone: 800-949-4232 (Voice, TTY & Spanish in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands)
In other areas: 607-255-6686 (Voice, TTY, Spanish)

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Email: northeastada@cornell.edu

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The goal of the Northeast ADA Center is to educate and empower the diverse range of ADA stakeholders throughout New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to increase their knowledge of the ADA, to support our stakeholders to include people with disabilities in local communities, and to implement the ADA in their own lives, workplaces, businesses and communities.

The Northeast ADA Center is a member of the ADA National Network funded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90DPAD0003). We provide information, guidance, and training on implementation of all aspects of the ADA. Our center is located at the Yang-Tan Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School. Our staff consists of individuals with and without disabilities who have extensive experience in the disability field.

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