Object Details
- Associated Name
- Jones, Carol
- American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today
- Description
- 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.
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carol Jones
- ID Number
- 2002.0317.01
- accession number
- 2002.0317
- catalog number
- 2002.0317.01
- Object Name
- lap blanket
- disability awareness
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 129 cm x 95 cm; x 50 13/16 in x 37 3/8 in
- overall: 3 in x 30 in x 28 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 76.2 cm x 72.39 cm
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Health & Medicine
- Disabilities
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Flags
- Disabilities
- Record ID
- nmah_1027672
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-e445-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
