This timeline of disability rights lists events related to civil rights of persons with disabilities in the United States, including court decisions, passage of legislation, acts of activists, significant abuse of persons with disabilities illustrating lack of rights civilians at the time, and the establishment of various organizations. Although the movement of disability rights itself began in the 1960s, advocacy for the rights of people with disabilities began much earlier and continues to this day.
An 18-year-old girl with persistent anxiety depression has her upper and lower molars extracted, a tonsillectomy, sinus drainage, treatment for infected cervix, removal of gut adhesion - all without affecting improvement in her psychiatric condition. Then the rest of his teeth removed and he was sent home, pronounced healed.
There should be evidence of recent behavior to justify the possibility of serious body hazards in the near future. Moments in the past, when a person may have been deemed harming oneself or others, did not qualify the individual as meeting the criteria. ("Close" means near, short, or approaching.) The examination can take up to 72 hours after a person is considered medically stable and occurs in more than 100 facilities selected by the Florida Department of Children and Families across the state. There are many possible outcomes after patient examination. This includes the release of individuals to the community (or other community placements), petitions for voluntary placement of inpatients (so-called by some as civil commitment), non-voluntary outpatient deployment (what some people call ambulatory commitments or assisted care orders), or voluntary care (if the person is competent to approve voluntary care and consent for voluntary care). The outpatient placement language in the Baker Act is applicable as part of the Baker Act reform in 2005.
- 1971 - In the Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , 334 F. Supp. 1257 (E.D. Pa. 1971) The US District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, decided that it was the obligation of the state of Pennsylvania to provide free general education to children who suffered mental retardation, which was not done at that time. This decision struck various state laws that were used to exclude disabled children from public schools. The lawyers cited this decision during a public hearing which led to the issuance of the Education for All Disabled Children Act of 1975.
- 1972 - Oregon Court of Appeals reinforces the sterilization of a seventeen-year-old girl with a history of sexual and sexual abuse by her family. The court ruled on the recommendation of the State Council for Social Protection and the testimony of a psychiatrist stating that the patient would never be able to provide parental guidance and appraisal, saying, "he will never be able to provide parental guidance and assessment that a child needs even though he may master the skills necessary to care for himself and a child. "
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