Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Independent Living Movement(also: IL Movement)
- A disability rights movement that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s advocating for disabled people's right to live independently in the community, make their own choices, and participate fully in society on a par with nondisabled peers. The movement organized protests, including…
- Institutionalization
- The historical and ongoing practice of placing disabled people in segregated residential facilities such as asylums, nursing homes, and other care institutions, often without their consent. Institutionalization became the default approach to disability in the United States in…
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