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, ...

On Tuesday’s show: Activist Lex Frieden reflects on what it took to get the Americans with Disabilities Act passed, which is the subject of a new PBS documentary called “Change, Not Charity.” On ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Overton County has agreed to settle with the United States on allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to the Department of Justice.

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's been 35 years since President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act into law. It was the first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities.

We marked July 26 again. What does that mean to you? To me and the millions of other Americans with various disabilities, it means the anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans with ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Saturday marked 35 years with the “Americans with Disabilities Act”, a law that protects people with disabilities. The law protects them from workplace discrimination and ...