Close to 120 disability activists and protesters occupied the HEW building.
Some disability activists supported this reform, but others disapproved because they thought investigations should be referred to outside police agencies, not the state.
This was significant: the government was having to enter the debate on the disability activists' own terms.
The issues that disability activists raise are merely isolated news incidents; they don't seem to merit sustained coverage.
His longing and frustration mirror the feelings of every disability activist I've encountered.
This belief in the saving grace of community spurs most disability activists today.
Many disability activists argue that we're moving toward a new eugenics, and I'm afraid that they could be right.
Most disability activists consider these actions to be unethical and indicative of social intolerance toward disabled individuals.
But virtually none is being done, and what is done is by disability activists, not independent investigators.
But most of all, the heroine of this book would have been helped by a future shaped by the actions of today's disability activists.