button, Sign 504, Handicapped Human Rights, ACCD

button, Sign 504, Handicapped Human Rights, ACCD

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Description (Brief)
Pin-back buttons serve many purposes. They are efficient advertising vehicles, handy for fund-raising in support of a cause, concise statements of a person’s beliefs, a form of educational outreach, and convenient ice-breakers for conversation. NMAH has several hundred pin-back buttons related to disability, including this one created by ACCD, the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. Before the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provided the core of legal protection for most people with disabilities. Disability activists organized protests and sit-ins to pressure the government into signing the regulations needed to implement the law. Joseph A. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare signed the regulations in 1977.
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Currently not on view
Object Name
button
disability awareness
date made
n.d.
maker
N. G. Slater Corp.
place made
United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1/4 in x 3 in;.635 cm x 7.62 cm
overall: 3 in x 3 in x 5/16 in; 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm x.79375 cm
ID Number
1999.0263.18
accession number
1999.0263
catalog number
1999.0263.18
Credit Line
Gift of Carr Massi
subject
Disabilities
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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