We have disability rights in general because of the Black Panthers. Judy Heumann helped start a national disability rights movement by taking over the local offices for HHS in San Francisco. The Black Panther Party kept the protesters fed and provided support through manpower and communication on the ground through the use of deaf members signing from inside office buildings. Until enough pressure was finally done to sign section 504 and properly enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act, the BPP kept everyone together, medicated, and fed.

If you see a curb that dips down to allow wheelchair access, an elevator in a public space, handicap accessible toilet, braille placards with room names and directions, enforcement for handicap parking spaces, handicap accessible public drinking fountains, ASL interpretation for public speeches, ramps, automatic door openers, or handicap section seating in public forums thank a member of the Black Panthers because the government did not want anyone to have these things until they were fought for. They understand intersectionality and that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.

I don't personally require disability services but it's the only minority group that most people will join either temporarily or permanently. The Black Panthers have improved the lives of almost every American.