Deborah Kaplan (disability activist)
Deborah Kaplan (born January 17, 1950) is an American disability rights activist and attorney. She is a quadriplegic. In 1974 she co-founded the Disabled Women's Coalition at the University of California, Berkeley, with Susan E. Sygall and in the same year she co-founded the Disability Rights Center with Ralph Nader. From 1980 until 1985 she was an attorney for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). In 1997, she became the executive director of the World Institute on Disability.
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| Born | January 17, 1950 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Berkeley (JD) |
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She has also worked with the Center for Independent Living, the Disability Law Resource Center, and the Disabled Women's Support Group.
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