Editing Disability rights movement (section)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Scottish Parliament. Protest March 30, 2013 - 03.jpg|thumb|Disability rights activist outside [[Scottish Parliament]], 30 March 2013]]
In the [[United Kingdom]], following extensive activism by people with disabilities over several decades, the [[Disability Discrimination Act 1995]] (DDA 1995) was passed. This made it unlawful in the United Kingdom to discriminate against people with disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport. The [[Equality and Human Rights Commission]] provides support for this Act. Equivalent legislation exists in [[Northern Ireland]], which is enforced by the [[Northern Ireland Equality Commission]].{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

Following the introduction of the Bedroom Tax (officially the [[Under-occupancy penalty]]) in the [[Welfare Reform Act 2012]], disability activists have played a significant role in the development of [[Bedroom Tax protests]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wynne-Jones|first=Ros|date=17 July 2013|title=Bedroom tax protesters deliver letters on devastating effect on disabled people's lives|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedroom-tax-protesters-deliver-letters-2057883|journal=Daily Mirror|access-date=9 August 2013}}</ref> A wide range of benefit changes are estimated to affect disabled people disproportionately and to compromise disabled people's right to independent living.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Chris |title= Limited life chances of disabled people in Britain revealed by damning report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/03/limited-life-chances-of-disabled-people-in-britain-revealed-by-damning-report |access-date=1 July 2022 |work=The Guardian US | quote = This article is more than 5 years old.|publisher=Scott trust |date=3 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404160531/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/03/limited-life-chances-of-disabled-people-in-britain-revealed-by-damning-report |archive-date=4 April 2017 |location=Kings Place, London |issn=0261-3077| eissn = 1756-3224  | oclc = 60623878}}</ref>

The [[Down Syndrome Bill]] created by Evan Mitchell OBE <ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-26|title='Give the boy some dignity'|url=https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/4770062.give-boy-dignity/}}</ref> will provide legal recognition to people living with [[Down syndrome]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-26|title='World-leading' Down's syndrome bill clears first hurdle in Parliament|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59432487|access-date=2021-11-27}}</ref>