1960’s-1970’s

The civil rights movement was in full force during this time, and the disability community became more politically and socially active.1 “People with disabilities began to see their issues not simply as personal problems, but as social problems; not simply as misfortunes, but as injustices.”2 In 1976 provincial disability organizations from across Canada, such as Alberta’s Committee of Action Groups of the Disabled, came together as the Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped (renamed the Council of Canadians with Disabilities in 1994).3 4 The CCD is a “national human rights organization of people with disabilities working for an inclusive and accessible Canada”.5