Created, governed, and administered by individuals with disabilities—which made it a novelty at the time—ACCD rose to prominence in 1977 when it mounted a successful 10-city "sit in" to force the federal government to issue long-overdue rules to carry out Section 504, the world's first disability civil rights provisions.
kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd, ɡˈʌvɚnd, ænd ɐdmˈɪnɪstɚd baɪ ˌɪndᵻvˈɪdʒuːəlz wɪð dˌɪsɐbˈɪləɾiz—wˌɪtʃ mˌeɪd ɪɾ ɐ nˈɑːvəlɾi æt ðə tˈaɪm—ˈækd ɹˈoʊz tə pɹˈɑːmɪnəns ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən wɛn ɪt mˈaʊntᵻd ɐ səksˈɛsfəl tˈɛnsˈɪɾi "sˈɪt ˈɪn" tə fˈoːɹs ðə fˈɛdɚɹəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt tʊ ˈɪʃuː lˈɔŋˌoʊvɚdˈuː ɹˈuːlz tə kˈæɹi ˈaʊt sˈɛkʃən fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹ, ðə wˈɜːldz fˈɜːst dˌɪsɐbˈɪləɾi sˈɪvəl ɹˈaɪts pɹəvˈɪʒənz.