When the Disabled Were Segregated?

For centuries, people with developmental disabilities were segregated and isolated in large state-run public institutions. In 1962, an estimated 200,000 children and adults with developmental disabilities were living in such facilities, often in deplorable and inhumane conditions.

When did disability discrimination start?

2015 is an important year for disabled people. On 8 November it will be 20 years since the first significant anti-discrimination legislation for disabled people, the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) 1995, became law.

How were mentally disabled treated in 1930s?

People with mental disabilities in 1930s America were treated very unsympathetically by the majority of society. Abnormal behaviour and low levels of economic productivity were thought of as a 'burden to society'.