A documentary that I watched that showed a form of activism is called "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution". Jim LeBrecht was born with spina bifida which only gave him couple of hours to live, meaning that he wasn't going to live and was going to die. He survived what he had and so now he has a disability where he was in a wheelchair. Later on he became a sound designer at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California and this job makes him have an independent and productive life. In fact, he didn't see anyone one like him where he lived but one day he started school and that's where he met many people that had a disability just like him. Jim LeBrecht also stated that he loved music and he also loved life meaning that he was happy with himself and life itself. One day he even got pushed because he said that he was in the way of everyone. All people who are disabled mentally and physically wanted equal rights so they went ahead to fight and protest. They protested day and night until they made a law for the disabled stating that they have equal access "to employment, transportation, and public places". This law is basically "a bill of rights for the disabled..." and it says that "America will be a better and fairer nation...". People were protesting for a ADA for people with disability because those who are not disabled take those with disability for granted; so they are protesting for a ADA so they can have "the right to ride a bus or a train, the right to any job for which we are qualified, the right to enter any theater, restaurant, or public accommodation". Those people who have a disability and are disabled did it only so that the government wouldn't be allowed to denied equal opportunities for the disabled. The law did ended up passing and they grant equal access and opportunity for the people with disabilities in which it states "But in the end, it was the disabled themselves who made it happen" because if it wasn't for them then nobody would do it and no one will protest and stand up for those who are disabled, so they had to do it themselves.
The things that I learned about this documentary is that people of disability didn't had equal access to anything. The only way that they had to do to grant equal opportunities for those who are disabled is if they do it themselves because nobody is going to do it for them. If they wanted to have equal access just like the non-disabled people had they had to step up and fight for change; they were tired of not having zero to no access to opportunity just because they were born with a type of disability. Nobody asks to be born with a disability but things happen that sometimes they come out as being disabled; but just because an individual has a disability doesn't mean that they should be treated poorly or viewed less of a person and deny all their access that they should have. Instead we should treat them good, respect them and treat them with kindness. We all are humans and we should all be treated equally and fairly; we all should have equal rights regardless if we have a condition or not, we should all be viewed the same and have access for everything and we all shouldn't be viewed as "being different". This can inspire art activism because they were a group of disabled people who protested for equal rights that the non-disabled people had. They fought and protested because every opportunity they came across were always denied because of a disability so they stood and put their feet on the ground and protested so that they can grant equal rights for all disabled people. It can inspire everyone because it can bring everyone together to also help fight for the LGBTQ+ community, BLM movement etc... so that they can as well get their equal rights; there are many more people that are trying to fight for equal rights as well. With protesting and advocating for all types of people it can help bring more people to help fight for change and for everyone to get equal rights.
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