Jeff Markowitz, DISABILITIES ACT 25 YEARS, March 12th, 1990. Women and the American Story, July 23rd, 2025.
On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed. Four months beforehand, on March 12, 1990, a second-grader with cerebral palsy dragged herself up the 84 steps of Capitol Hill. She was only 8 years old.
Her name was Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins.
Jeff Markowitz, DISABILITIES ACT 25 YEARS, March 12th, 1990. Women and the American Story, July 23rd, 2025.