Crip Camp | A Disability Revolution

No one at Camp Jened could’ve imagined that those summers in the woods together would be the beginnings of a revolution. In the early 1970s, teenagers with disabilities faced a future shaped by isolation, discrimination and institutionalization. Camp Jened in the Catskills was a place where campers experienced liberation and full inclusion. Their bonds endured as many migrated West to Berkeley, California—a hotbed of activism. Crip Camp is the story of one group of people and captures one moment in time, with a commitment to amplify additional narratives in the disability rights and justice communities.