Tag: National Disability Pride Month

Voices United Members Talk with Our Hands

Vicki Baker On March 12, 1990, over 1,000 disability rights activists marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol demanding passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which had stalled in Congress. To illustrate the barriers people with disabilities faced every day, over 60 activists cast aside their wheelchairs and crutches and began…