Experiences of disability after 50: Poll looks at self-identity and help with health care visits

Most people over 50 were already adults when the Americans with Disabilities Act took effect in 1992 and transformed the ...
KCCI Des Moines

Tom Harkin reflects on Americans with Disabilities Act 35 years after its signing

The Americans with Disabilities Act prevents discrimination against people with disabilities. Retired U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin was the lead sponsor of the bill. KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT TEN. TOMORROW MARKS 35 ...
NPR

Three decades after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, lessons from the journey

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Mackenzie Martin about her reporting for KCUR's podcast 'A People's History of Kansas City', commemorating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with ...
Hartford Courant

Opinion: The importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act for Connecticut’s students

Thirty-five years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, was signed into law, becoming a landmark piece of legislation that prohibits discrimination based on disability and guarantees equal ...
NBC Washington

‘Citizens, not burdens': How DC activism led to the Americans with Disabilities Act

From ramps outside buildings, to the small textured bumps at the start of crosswalks, to sign language interpreters at big events — most people have probably seen the effects of the Americans with ...
New York Post

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argues for race-based redistricting, citing the Americans with Disabilities Act: ‘They’re disabled’

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday compared efforts to draw congressional districts along racial lines to the way disabled people were granted easier access to buildings ...