HISTORY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON US REHABILITATION POLICY IN THE 1960S-1980S -THIRTY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2025-32-04-036

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United States, rehabilitation policy, legislation, deinstitutionalization, disability legislation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), social inclusion, rights of persons with disabilities, civil rights.

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The article examines the history of social movements and public associations for the rights of people with disabilities in the United States in the 1960s–1980s and their influence on the formation of rehabilitation policy. The author analyzes the paradigm

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2025-07-30

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Федінський, О. (2025). HISTORY OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON US REHABILITATION POLICY IN THE 1960S-1980S -THIRTY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. SWorldJournal, 4(32-04), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.30888/2663-5712.2025-32-04-036

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