Americans with Disabilities Act, Narrated by Marlene Sallo
Disability and civil rights activist Marlene Sallo is the Executive Director of the National Disability Rights Network and former appointee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under the Obama administration. Sallo explains how activists pushed for the American Disabilities Act, which bars discrimination against people living with physical or mental disabilities.
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Used by permission. © Tom Olin Collection, Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, The University of Toledo Libraries.
As I age I increasingly appreciate the results of the ADA. For me, at this point in my life, it’s mostly convenience of access. For so many of my sisters and brothers it’s about access to governmental power, education, health care, and more beyond my imagination.
I got ADA representative to get a movie theater to put in push buttons for outside doors.