History of the Disability Rights Legal Center
The Disability Rights Legal Center was founded in 1975 under its official name, A. Milton Miller Memorial Fund. The organization was created in memory of the late Southern California attorney, Milton "Milt" Miller. Generations ahead of his time, Miller was an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities, decades before the term and the concept "disability rights" became mainstream. A wheelchair user himself, Miller dreamed of starting an advocacy organization devoted to assisting people with disabilities. After Miller's passing in 1974, a group of his close friends and colleagues founded the non-profit in his honor, originally created to fund pro bono attorneys in disability cases. As the organization grew, it changed its name to the Western Center for Disability Rights, and moved to the campus of Loyola Law School in 1983. In 2006, the organization adopted its current name, Disability Rights Legal Center (DRLC), to reflect its evolving national presence. Throughout its 33-year history, the DRLC has stood at the forefront of achieving equal rights for people with disabilities. Through advocacy, education and community outreach, the DRLC continues to set the standard for the enforcement of disability rights and educating the public that "access is equality."
A. Milton "Milt" Miller
