Deborah Berman

Deborah Berman, LCSW, is the Senior Social Worker at Yachad, National Jewish Council for Disabilities.

Jews and the First Wave of the American Disability Inclusion Movement: The League of the Physically Handicapped, 1935-1939

The American Inclusion Movement’s First Wave, which was focused solely on Inclusion in the workforce, has been almost entirely forgotten. It occurred in the 1930’s, decades before the 1960’s zeitgeist brought about broader and more famous changes in pro-disability policy, architectural barriers, and independent living.