In 2008, youth and self-advocates from across Washington State collaborated with Senator Rosemary McAuliffe (D-1st District) to draft legislation to include disability history and the disability civil rights movement in K-12 public school and higher education curriculum. This group of young advocates successfully lobbied the legislature, with overwhelming support from both the House and Senate. Governor Gregoire signed the bill, Senate Bill 6313, into law on March 26, 2008, as well as proclaimed October as Disability History Awareness Month in Washington State.
The successful passage of the Disability History Awareness Month legislation is the culmination of many years of hard work and advocacy by citizens in Washington State to create new policies that support people with disabilities.
It wasn't until 1971 that students with disabilities were allowed to access public school education. That changed when four moms, turned activists, wrote the first civil rights legislation in the United States called Education for All or HB 90. These courageous parents Cecile Lindquist, Katie Dolan, Evelyn Chapman, and Janet Taggart worked tirelessly to pass the Education for All legislation to ensure that all students with disabilities had equal rights and equal access to public school education. Their bill, Education for All, soon became law in several other states, and laid the framework for the federal civil rights law known as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), that now governs the civil rights of students with disabilities.
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Title |
Autor |
Grade |
focus |
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Don't call me special- first look at a disability |
Pat Thomas |
K-3 |
physical disabilities |
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Helen Keller - the world in her heart |
Lesa Cline-Ransome |
k-3 |
multiple disabilities |
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Knots on a counting rope |
Bill Amrtin |
k-3 |
visually impaired |
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Best friend on wheels |
Debra Shirley |
k-3 |
physical disabilities |
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Six dots: story of Louis Braille |
Jennifer Bryant |
K-3 |
vision impaired |
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Emmanuel's Dream |
Laurie Ann Thompson |
K-3 |
physical disabilities |
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Jessica's box |
Peter Carnavas |
K-3 |
physical disabilities |
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Only one you |
Linda Kranz |
K-3 |
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We're all wonders |
Raquel Palacio |
K-3 |
cranio facial deformity |
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My buddy |
Audrey Osofsky |
K-3 |
physical disability |
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Ms. McCaw learns to draw |
Kaethe Zemach |
k-3 |
learning disability |
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Thank you Mr. Falker |
Patricia Polacco |
K-3 |
dyslexia |
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Susan Laughs |
Jeanne Willis |
K-3 |
physical disability |
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Dog diaries: Rolf |
Kate Klimo |
k-3 |
physical disability - dog |
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Ruby Lu, Empress of everything |
Lenore Look |
k-3 |
hearing impaired |
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Holy Enchilada |
Henry Winkler |
3-6 |
Learning disability |
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Save me a seat |
Sarah Weeks |
3-6 |
A.P.D and bullying |
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King of the mound |
Wes Tooke |
3-6 |
polio |
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The meaning of Maggie |
Megan J, Sovern |
3-6 |
M.S. |
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Short |
Holly G. Sloan |
3-6 |
dwarfism |
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Fleabrain loves Franny |
Joanne Rocklin |
3-6 |
polio |
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View from Saturday |
E.L. Konigsburg |
3-6 |
physical disability |
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What is it like to be deaf |
Deborah Kent |
3-6 |
hearing impaired |
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The thing about Georgie |
Lisa Graff |
3-6 |
dwarfism |
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Macy McMillan and the rainbow goddess |
Shari Green |
3-6 |
hearing impaired |
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Insignificant events in the life of a cactus |
Dusti Bowling |
3-6 |
physical disability |
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Liberty |
Kirby Larson |
3-6 |
polio |
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Wonder |
R.J. Palacio |
3-6 |
cranio-facial deformity |
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Summer of swans |
Betsy Cromer Byars |
3-6 |
special needs |
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El Deafo |
Cece Bell |
3-6 |
Hearing impairment |
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Ghosts |
Raina Telgemeier |
3-6 |
CP |
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The War that saved my life |
Kimberly B. Bradley |
3-6 |
physical deformity |
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Handful of stars |
Cynthia Lord |
3-6 |
blind dog |
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What is is like to be deaf |
Deborah Kent |
3-6 |
Hearing impaired |
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Author: a true story |
Helen Lester |
3-6 |
Learning disability |
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The double digit club |
Marion Dane Bauer |
3-6 |
vision impaired |
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Soul Surfer |
Bethany Hamilton |
YA |
physically impaired (missing limb) |
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Out of my Mind |
Sharon Draper |
5-8 |
non verbal child |
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Fish in a tree |
Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
5-8 |
Dyslexia |
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A corner of the universe |
Ann M. Martin |
5-8 |
mentally disabled |
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Petey |
Ben Mikaelsen |
5-8 |
C.P. |
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Wonderstruck |
Brian Sleznick |
5-8 |
hearing impaired |
