"Capitol Crawl" Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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“What we did for civil rights in the ‘60s, we forgot to do for people with disabilities.”
- Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) said of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

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Within four months, the Act passed in the House. On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. On signing the measure, President Bush said, “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.” The Act that Senator Tom Harkin and the disability activists worked so hard to pass had finally become law.

The “Capitol Crawl” had an effect on the passage of the ADA. Several Senators felt “inconvenience” by the “stunt” and it reportedly pushed them to approve the Act. At the time, the event was not widely known to the public since the media failed to shed much light on it. But to present-day disability activists, on the other hand, the “Capitol Crawl” is seen as one of the single most important events that finally pushed for the passage of the ADA into law.

In 2010, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Senator Harkin penned an article about the legacy of the Act for The Huffington Post:

But at its heart, the ADA is simple. In the words of one activist, this landmark law is about securing for people with disabilities the most fundamental of rights: ‘the right to live in the world.’ It ensures they can go places and do things that other Americans take for granted.





http://www.historybyzim.com/2013/09/capitol-crawl-americans-with-disabilities-act-of-1990/

The video is very moving.

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1. Kicking for...

the most fundamental of rights: ‘the right to live in the world.’ It ensures they can go places and do things that other Americans take for granted.

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2. Hey, Du?

Sad response~

[freshwest]

3. ‘the right to live in the world.’

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4. exactly, freshwest~ nt