Universal Access Flag Lap Blanket
name: label: Associated Name
content: Jones, Carol
label: maker
content: American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
notes: label: Description
content: The American flag is a powerful symbol of freedom and independence for many activist groups who wish to claim full rights as citizens . This commercially marketed lap blanket was altered by hand to include the universal access symbol made up of stitched stars. It was sewn by disability-rights advocates affiliated with ADAPT, which stands for the American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today. ADAPT was founded in 1983 in Denver.
label: Description
content: The disability rights movement emerged after World War II as people with disabilities formed communities first through rehabilitation hospitals and special, segregated schools, then through independent living centers and later over the Internet. In comparing experiences of oppression and discrimination, people joined forces and became politically active. This lap blanket vividly conveys the message that civil rights belong to all.
topic: label: Subject
content: Flags
label: Subject
content: Disabilities
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Disabilities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Carol Jones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0317.01
label: accession number
content: 2002.0317
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0317.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lap blanket
label: Object Name
content: disability awareness
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 129 cm x 95 cm; x 50 13/16 in x 37 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 30 in x 28 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 76.2 cm x 72.39 cm