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Policies and legislation which favored lifelong institutionalization, incarceration and segregation of people with disabilities, particularly children, were the norm.

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People with learning difficulties are categorized within international legislations as ‘idiots’, ‘imbeciles’, ‘feeble-minded’ or ‘morally defective’

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Commencement of systematic murder of people with disabilities in Nazi Germany via involuntary euthanasia, leading to an estimated 275,000 deaths.

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First international movements from institutionalization to community care and laws expanded for compulsory sterilization of people with disabilities.

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The first official Paralympic Games held.

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England passes the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, which is the first in the world to recognize the rights of people with disabilities.

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UN Convention on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons.

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UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons.

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International Year of Disabled Persons.

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UN World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons.

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UN International Decade of Disabled Persons.

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Many countries adopt provisions within anti-discrimination legislation to include people with disabilities.

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UN adoption of the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care.

UN Proclamation of International Day of People with Disabilities (3rd December).

UN adoption of the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care.

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The World Summit for Social Development’s Programme of Action recognized the pressing need for the full participation and equality of people living with disabilities

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Significant case law (internationally) reflecting the empowerment of people with disabilities. Such case law includes access to employment, education, facilities and transport, electoral processes, and healthcare; Shift of public policy towards self-directed models of support for people with disabilities. Continued implementation of policy, legislative and social change agendas; Enhanced sophistication of advocacy bodies coupled with well-aligned social policy platforms.

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The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) endorsed by the World Health Organization.

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Adoption of UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

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National Disability Insurance Scheme in Australia. UN and World Health Organization’s releases joint international statement ‘Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary sterilization’.