Jul 26 2009
19th Anniversary of the ADA is to today!
It’s the 19th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act today. I go out every year on this day, even if I’m horribly ill. I think it’s important to go out and celebrate our freedom and civil rights legislation. The world over disabled people fight for legislation like the ADA and they’re winning. Going to the movies and restaurants, school, jobs, politics, what have you is not such a big deal anymore, but before the law passed it used to be. For myself, today, I went to lunch with Robyn (my assistant). It wasn’t the bravest action, but at least I was piblicly visible. I smiled at people, was cordial, and brought stuff that I paid for with my own money. I tend to spend money on this day just to prove that disabled people are in control of at least a bit of our own funds, however small.
