Research


Scope and Content Note

This series documents the historically significant "normalization movement." One of its stated goals was to "conduct and advocate for public education about the developmental needs of handicapped persons consistent with the normalization principle." The records provide information on the team's activities and evidence of how the team functioned and governed itself. This series includes memoranda, correspondence, speeches, testimony to commissions and legislative committees, and monthly reports in the form of newsletters. Topics covered include better living conditions, fair pay, AIDS policies, and voting rights. Also included are the group's by-laws, constitution, goals, mission, and the incorporation charter as a 501 (3)(c) not-for-profit corporation.