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The disability rights movement is a movement to secure equal rights and access for people with disabilities. The history of the disability rights movement goes back to the 1800s in the United States, though the movement became much more prominent in the 1960s and 1970s, after the civil rights movement helped spark political and social movements in other minority groups. The disability rights movement is ongoing, though the movement has helped bring about numerous laws, regulations, and social changes in the United States and other parts of the world.