- Frederick Law Olmsted - Wikipedia
Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States
- Olmstead Decision
The lawsuit, which is known as “Olmstead v L C ” or “the Olmstead decision,” ended up going to the highest court in the country, the United States Supreme Court
- Community Living and Olmstead - HHS. gov
The U S Supreme Court’s 1999 landmark decision in Olmstead v L C (Olmstead) found the unjustified segregation of people with disabilities is a form of unlawful discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Frederick Law Olmsted - U. S. National Park Service
Frederick Law Olmsted came to the profession of landscape architecture late in his career For thirty years after 1837 he served as an administrator-first of New York's Central Park, then of the U S Sanitary Commission, and finally of the Mariposa Mining Company in California
- The Olmstead Decision Explained - Disability Rights Washington
NARRATOR: Activists in the independent living movement organized to demand an end to segregation for Americans with disabilities, who were denied basic rights, like attending schools, holding jobs, or choosing homes This led to a major milestone with the US Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision Like Brown v
- List of Olmsted works - Wikipedia
The landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, and later of his sons John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr (known as the Olmsted Brothers), produced designs and plans for hundreds of parks, campuses and other projects throughout the United States and Canada Together, these works totaled 355 [citation needed]
- Olmsted Network
Learn about the life, work and living legacy of America’s premier landscape architect Learn more about the distinguished individuals that worked with Olmsted and the Olmsted firm Beginning in 1858 with the design for Central Park, Olmsted (1822-1903) and his successor firms undertook nearly 6,000 landscape projects
- Olmstead Rights
Olmstead is the most important U S Supreme Court decision for people with disabilities The 1999 Supreme Court decision was based on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) This website provides Olmstead stories in its "I am Olmstead" pages, self-help tools and resources, and legal advocacy tools
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