Victor Berel Finkelstein (25 January 1938 – 30 November 2011) was a disability rights activist and writer.
Following a spell of hard labour, he was issued with a five-year banning order (1967–1972) under the Suppression of Communism Act.
In the UK in 1972 Finkelstein co-founded Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS) with Paul Hunt.
As an alternative, UPIAS developed attention to the social and structural barriers that oppress people with impairments, rendering them 'disabled'.
His work also inspired the creation of Disability Equality Training, Direct Payments and the campaign for civil rights legislation.