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Looking Back On 20 Years Of Disability Rights

When I was younger, it was legal to discriminate against people like me. I was born with spinal muscular atrophy. I’ve always used a wheelchair, and my hands are too weak to scratch an itch. My parents said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up. It wasn’t quite true.

Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), profile, public policy

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