Disability Rights Leaders: Quotes Slide Deck
Disability Rights Leaders: Quotes Slide Deck
This slideshow presents quotes from disability rights leaders, activists, artists, and advocates. Each slide features one quote and the speaker's name. Teachers can display one quote per day as a morning meeting opener, bell ringer, or discussion starter, or use the full deck as a standalone activity in a unit on disability history, rights, or accessibility.
The quotes span the disability rights movement in the United States and United Kingdom and come from activists, filmmakers, comedians, musicians, and advocates. They reflect a range of perspectives on disability identity, access, rights, and the structures that create barriers, and center disabled voices.
Suggested grade levels: 3 and up. Individual quotes may work for younger students at teacher discretion.
How to Use This Deck
Each slide features a quote from a disability rights leader, activist, or advocate.
Ways to use:
Show one quote per day as a morning meeting opener or bell ringer
Use the full deck as a standalone class activity or discussion starter
Pair with a unit on disability history, rights, or accessibility
Invite students to respond in writing, through discussion, or by making a connection to something they have read or studied