A group of people with disabilities crawl up the steps of the U.S. Capitol to draw support for the Americans with Disabilities Act, March 12th, 1990.Bob Kafka and Shirley Kopecky, members of ADAPT , demonstrate in downtown Houston in an effort to get the city to buy buses with lifts to load people with disabilities.
Weary demonstrators continue a sit-in at the offices of the Health, Education and Welfare department in San Francisco until civil rights rules for people with disabilities are signed, April 9th, 1977. The woman standing at left center interprets for the hearing impaired during a group briefing.People gathering at the entrance to the John F.
slooterman throughlineNPR This was so good!
slooterman throughlineNPR we ain’t even close
throughlineNPR You would be surprised to what is considered a disability. Alcoholism and drug addiction to name a few.
throughlineNPR Is that when we stopped calling people handicapped? A handicap is not a disability and shouldn't be seen as one. Being disabled should mean completely helpless. Words matter.
throughlineNPR A sidewalk maybe Augusta GA.
throughlineNPR As mama to a boy with dyslexia, I am thankful for the ADA.
throughlineNPR We should see the ADA expanded to those with hearing loss, damage, and to even prevent same, so that firearms suppressors are excluded from the NFA, and citizens are not only not infringed upon their Second Amendment Rights, but they're not hearing disabled.
throughlineNPR The last important civil rights law we've passed. 30 years ago. I was 6 when this passed. I've spent nearly my entire life never having another right defended. Worst part is: none of this shit is Constitutional yet. We haven't had one of those in almost as long (1992).
And they still have not done anything
throughlineNPR HOW BEAUTIFUL that day was.