Eunice K. Fiorito

Eunice K. Fiorito (October 1, 1930 – November 22, 1999) was an American disability rights activist and social worker.

[4] In 1970, Fiorito was appointed to the staff of mayor John Lindsay's Committee on the Handicapped, when she developed the idea of a city office for disability issues, especially building employment opportunities.

[12] Fiorito testified at a Congressional subcommittee meeting on the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in 1975.

[13] With Judith Heumann, Fred Fay, Ralf Hotchkiss, Lex Frieden, and others, she co-founded the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities in 1975,[14] and served as its president,[15] with Frank Bowe as ACCD's executive director.

[16] Fiorito worked in Washington, D.C. at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for nineteen years, beginning during the Carter administration.