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Kitty Cone (born in 1944) is an American disability rights activist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kitty Cone, Facts On File, Inc., 2009. American History Online; Facts on File information obtained from ''Encyclopedia of American Disability History'' )〕 She has muscular dystrophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Political Organizer for Disability Rights, 1970s-1990s, and Strategist for Section 504 Demonstrations, 1977 )〕 She moved to the California Bay Area in 1972, and began working as a community organizer for the disability rights movement in 1974. Initially Joseph Califano, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, refused to sign meaningful regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which was the first U.S. federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Short History of the 504 Sit in )〕 After an ultimatum and deadline, demonstrations took place in ten U.S. cities on April 5, 1977, including the beginning of a sit-in at the San Francisco Office of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. This sit-in, led by Judith Heumann and organized by Kitty Cone, lasted until May 4, 1977, a total of 28 days, with more than 150 people refusing to leave. It is the longest sit-in at a federal building to date. Joseph Califano signed the regulations on April 28, 1977.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Regents of the University of California. 2008. "The Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement." Berkeley, CA: The University of California Berkeley )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disability Social History Project, article title Famous (and not-so-famous) People with Disabilities )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EDGE - Curriculum - Biology )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Political Organizer for Disability Rights, 1970s-1990s, and Strategist for Section 504 Demonstrations, 1977 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kitty Cone, Facts On File, Inc., 2009. American History Online; Facts on File information obtained from ''Encyclopedia of American Disability History'' )〕 Cone pursued implementation of Section 504 by protesting at the San Francisco Transbay Terminal in 1978, organizing Disabled People's Civil Rights Day in October 1979 in San Francisco, and lobbying in Washington against the Cleveland Amendment, which would have allowed local agencies to provide paratransit services instead of creating accessible public transportation systems.〔 In 1984 she began working at the World Institute on Disability, where she researched international personal care assistance programs.〔 In 1990 she began working for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)'s lawyer referral service, and in 1993 she became its development director.〔 She is openly lesbian, and adopted and raised a son named Jorge from Mexico.〔〔 ==External links== * (Short History of the 504 Sit in, by Kitty Cone ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kitty Cone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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