The Americans With Disabilities Act was a major turning point in opening large parts of U.S. society to disabled people, but three decades after its passage disabled workers still face higher ...

CINCINNATI — July is Disability Pride Month, commemorating the date, July 26, that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law in 1990. This year, cities across America are celebrating 35 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - This year is the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act being signed into law. The bill has changed how people with disabilities are treated in the United ...

It was a promise that disabled Americans would no longer be excluded from schools, workplaces, public spaces or civic life. It was a declaration that disability rights are civil rights. But today, ...

When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was ...

Disability rights groups argue that a new guardianship law creates a two-tier system that strips people with intellectual ...

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 ...

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE "Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act," a new documentary tells the emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that ...

Sometimes when mapping out things to do that could make the future better for the community, it can be helpful to pause and reflect on the path to today. That was what happened a week ago for North ...