Deborah Kaplan (disability activist)

Deborah Kaplan (born 1950) is a disability rights activist and attorney.[1][2] She did her undergraduate study at UC Santa Cruz and obtained her law degree from UC Berkeley.[3] She is a quadriplegic.[1] In 1974 she cofounded the Disabled Women's Coalition at the University of California, Berkeley, with Susan Sygall.[4] Also in 1974 she cofounded the Disability Rights Center with Ralph Nader.[5] From 1980 until 1985 she was an attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)).[3]

She became the executive director of the World Institute on Disability in 1997.[6]

She has also worked with the Center for Independent Living, the Disability Law Resource Center, and the Disabled Women's Support Group.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "www.patientcenters.com -- Life on Wheels Center -- Vocational Rehabilitation". oreilly.com.
  2. ↑ "Attorney, National Policy Advocate, and Spokesperson for Disability Rights Organizations, 1976-1990s". cdlib.org.
  3. 1 2 3 "Full text of "Attorney, national policy advocate, and spokesperson for disability rights organizations, 1976-1990s : oral history transcript / 2000"". archive.org.
  4. ↑ "Advocate for Disabled Women's Rights and Health Issues". cdlib.org.
  5. ↑ "About". disability rights center.
  6. ↑ "Deborah Kaplan - DRILM - University of California, Berkeley". berkeley.edu.
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