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Event #1: The Great War's Disabled Veterans-Ethan Scherck

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Event #1: The Great War's Disabled Veterans-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Wilfred Owen

What: Wilfred Own at the age of 24 in 1917 was fighting in the Great War other wise known as WWI. Wilfred was caught in an explosion and was diagnosed with shell-shock. In result he was disabled from battle.

When: 1917

Where: Craiglockhart Hospital near Edinburgh, Scotland

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Event #2 Funding for Rehabilitation-Isaac Adams

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Event #2 Funding for Rehabilitation-Isaac Adams

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Who: WWI Veterans

What: Congress passed a rehabilitation program for veterans returning from war with disabilities. This causes federal money to be used in the general public for job counseling and vocational training.

When: 1918

Where: Hospitals where veterans would go after WWI

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Who: Frida Kahlo

What: When Frida Kahlo was 18 she suffered breaking her  spinal column, collarbone, ribs, and pelvis due to a bus accident. This resulted in her being disabled and becoming one of the most influential artists.

Where: Mexico City

When: 1925

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Who: Samuel Orton

What: Saumel Orton begins to study Dyslexia and finds out that it could be a neurological versus visual and that this disease was connected to left hand. This was later found out that our of his two assumptions the first was right but the second was wrong.

When: 1925-1927

Where: Unkown

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Event #5: Iron Lung to Combat Polio-Ethan Scherck

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Event #5: Iron Lung to Combat Polio-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Philip Dinker and Louis Shaw

What: Philip Dinker and Louis Shaw develop a chamber that provides artificial respiration for polio. This is how patients with polio were treated for respiratory muscle paralysis.

When: 1927

Where: Unknown

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Event #6: California Council of the Blind-Isaac Adams

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Event #6: California Council of the Blind-Isaac Adams

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Who: Jacobus tenBroek

What: Jacobus tenBroek has been blind since age 14, but at the age of 23 he, Dr. Newel Perry, and others form the California Council of the Blind to help others with this disability

When: 1934

Where: California

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Event #7: Signing of the Social Security Act-Ethan Scherck

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Event #7: Signing of the Social Security Act-Ethan Scherck

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Who: FDR

What: President FDR signs the Social Security Act that grants permanent assistance to adults with disabilities.

When: 1935

Where: U.S.

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Who: Lou Gehrig

What: The Iron Horse otherwise known as Lou Gehrig is diagnosed with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ALS is a nervous system disease that causes muscles to weaken.

When: July 4, 1939

Where: Yankee Stadium in New York City

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Event #9: Rusks Theories Became Basis for Rehabilitation Medicine-Ethan Scherck

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Event #9: Rusks Theories Became Basis for Rehabilitation Medicine-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Dr. Howard A. Rusk

What: Dr. Howard A. Rusk develops techniques to improve the health of injured veterans by creating medicine to treat emotional, physiological, and social aspects of others with disabilities.

When: 1948

Where: Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in NYC

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Event #10: Billy Barter Organizes, Little People-Isaac Adams

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Event #10: Billy Barter Organizes, Little People-Isaac Adams

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Who: Billy Barter

What: The famous actor Billy Barter makes an a speech across America to create an organization devoted to people with a short stature.

When: 1957

Where: Reno, Nevada

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Event #11: Civil Rights Bill Bypasses  Persons with Disabilities-Ethan Scherck

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Event #11: Civil Rights Bill Bypasses  Persons with Disabilities-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Lyndon B. Johnson

What: This may help African Americans and women but this does does not help the fact that people with disabilities have no role in society and did not have opportunities to participate in society at the time period of when this Bill passes.

When: 1964

Where: Unkown

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Event #12: Baudot with TTY Communication-Isaac Adams

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Event #12: Baudot with TTY Communication-Isaac Adams

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Who: Dr. James C. Marsters

What: A deaf orthodontist named James C. Marsters of Pasadena sends a teletype machine to deaf scientist Robert Weitbrecht to ask him how to connect the teletype machine to the phone. This is the creation of Baudot which is a code that is used today in teletype communication.

When: 1964-1965

Where: California

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Event #13: Medicaid Help for Low-Income and Disabled-Ethan Scherck

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Event #13: Medicaid Help for Low-Income and Disabled-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Unkown

What: The title of XIX of the Social Security Act creates a program that is known as Medicaid, this pays medical costs for individuals with disabilities and families with low incomes.

When: 1965

Where: U.S.

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Event #14: Governor Wallace of Alabama Paralyzed-Isaac Adams

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Event #14: Governor Wallace of Alabama Paralyzed-Isaac Adams

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Who: Governor George C. Wallace

What: The governor of Alabama is paralyzed which is caused by being shot during his presidential campaign rally

When: 1972

Where: Laurel, Maryland

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Event #15: Public Entities Cant Discriminate-Ethan Scherck

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Event #15: Public Entities Cant Discriminate-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Section 504

What: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 makes it illegal for public institutions to discriminate people with disability's.

When: 1973

Where: U.S.

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Event #16: Inaugural Convention of People First-Isaac Adams

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Event #16: Inaugural Convention of People First-Isaac Adams

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Who: People with speaking disabilities

What: The first convention is hosted by People First, which is an organization for people with disabilities trying to learn to speak for their selves

When: 1974

Where: Portland, Oregon

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Event #17: Last of ¨Ugly Laws¨ Appealed-Ethan Scherck

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Event #17: Last of ¨Ugly Laws¨ Appealed-Ethan Scherck

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Who: Congress

What: The last of the ugly laws are appealed so no longer can police arrest/jail people who have apparent disabilities.

When: 1974-1975

Where: Chicago, Illinois

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Event #18: Deaf Actress Signs of Sesame Street-Isaac Adams

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Event #18: Deaf Actress Signs of Sesame Street-Isaac Adams

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Who: Linda Bove

What: A deaf actress named Linda Bove and James Ear Jones both get to start of a Sesame Street show by signing to each other.

When: 1976

Where: Kaufman Astoria Studios

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Event #19: National Council on Disability Established-Ethan Scherck

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Event #19: National Council on Disability Established-Ethan Scherck

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Who: The National Council

What: The National Council on Disability is established as an
advisory board within the Department of Education. This guarantee equal opportunity for
all people with disabilities, regardless of the nature or
severity of the disability, and to empower them to achieve
economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and
inclusion and integration into all aspects of society.

When: 1978-1980

Where: Unkown

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Event #20: Down infants allowed to die-Isaac Adams

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Event #20: Down infants allowed to die-Isaac Adams

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Who: Baby Doe

What: On April 9 "Baby Doe" is born with Down syndrome and an under-developed esophagus. The child is not recommended to proceed surgery but rather to die.

When: 1982

Where: Unknown