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Question: To date, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the following ADA Amendments Act (2008) are the most significant legal achievements of the movement (Wehmeyer et al., 2017). The ADA is an important civil rights law prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in many aspects of life.

The movement arose to combat the oppressive marginalization of people with disabilities (Wehmeyer et al., 2017). This law aims to empower them to take control of their own lives and influence social policies and practices to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities in mainstream society.

People with disabilities have human rights like ordinary people (Wehmeyer et al., 2017). Everyone merits being included and living a whole life in their community, accessing the same public spaces, housing, education, and work opportunities as everyone else. Many people with intellectual disabilities experience multiple risk factors for human and civil rights violations, and this law or movement sets out how they should be treated under a law that protects them.

Some of the positive consequences of the movement are that people with disabilities have the liberty to be covered from all forms of exploitation, violence, and abuse, including gender aspects, inside and outside the home (American Psychological Association, 2019). Another would be that every person with disabilities has the right to respect their physical and mental integrity on equal terms with others.