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How Disabled Activists Forced Congress To Act
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Eighty-three steps doesn’t sound like a policy argument until you picture someone dragging themselves up marble stairs just to be allowed in the room. We’re Kevin and Palmy, and we’re talking about the Capitol Crawl, the 1990 disability rights protest that helped break the stalemate around the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by forcing the country to see inaccessibility up close.
We set the scene in Washington, DC: activists leaving behind wheelchairs and mobility aids, cameras rolling, chants echoing, and more than 60 people climbing the Capitol steps by hand. One…
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