Lincoln
Corner Kuala Lumpur Screens “The Great Fight For Disability Rights”
On September 10, 2015 Assistant
Cultural Affairs Officer (ACAO) Michael Cavey introduced a special program at
the Lincoln Corner in KL in honor of disabled persons in the U.S. and around
the world.
Guests included about 50 disabled
persons in Kuala Lumpur representing wheel chair users, the blind, the deaf,
spinal injury persons, their care givers, and activists.
The audience watched a 30- minute
documentary film, “The Great Fight for Disability Rights” about the disability
rights movement in the United States which finally led to the adoption of the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 1990.
On behalf our organization, President, Secretary and Mr. Jeyaraj were participated.
We had an opportunity a discussion
about the film and shared their individual experiences as disabled persons
living primarily in Malaysia but also having lived a part of their lives in the
U.S.
The entire audience applauded the
documentary film. An activist emphasized that the film “should go viral” as it
sent a very “powerful message” about treating the disabled as persons with
“equal and inalienable rights as every other citizen.”
Another activist added, “the film has
many examples we should incorporate here in our struggle for equal rights for
the disabled.”
