Existing comment:
"I now lift my pen to sign this American Disabilities Act and say let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down."
-- President George H. W. Bush
Signing Ceremony
Americans with Disablities Act
July 26, 1990
South Lawn of the White House
Justin Dart, Jr. 1910-2002
Outstanding leader of the disability, civil and human rights movement. One of the architects of the ADA. Recipient of the 1993 Hubert Humphrey Civil Rights Award by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, recipient of the 1998 Presidential Medal of Freedom for President Clinton, and may other awards. Longtime resident of Southwest Washington, DC. Inspiration to people with disabilities everywhere. |