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Title from the disability rights slogan "Nothing About Us Without Us." Wikipedia Addresses the less-visible struggle of disability activism. Verses reference the historic 504 Sit-in of 1977, the Capitol Crawl of 1990, and bring it to today's fights for accessible transportation, healthcare without discrimination, community-based living over institutionalization. Details the ADAPT activists still fighting for attendant services and accessible transit. Temple References the August 2024 "Know Your Rights for Disabled Protestors" guide created precisely because disabled people are on the front lines of ALL movements—Black Lives Matter, climate justice, LGBTQ rights, labor actions. DREDF
Chorus is powerful and declarative: "Nothing about us without us / Fix the system, not me / Nothing about us without us / Accessibility is justice, justice is free." Bridge addresses intersectionality—disabled LGBTQ+ people, disabled people of color, poor disabled people facing compounded discrimination. Ends with the ADA chant: "What do we want? ADA! When do we want it? NOW!" Temple

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