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Day in Court for Americans with Disabilities
Protests Planned Over Supreme Court's ADA
Rulings
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Things Considered audio
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In March 1990, members of
ADAPT -- American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit --
crawled up the Capitol steps to lobby for passage of the
Americans with Disabilities Act.
Credit: Tom
Olin
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Jan. 12, 2004 -- The Supreme Court hears
arguments Tuesday about a man who was arrested for failing to appear
in a Tennessee court. The courthouse had no elevator, so George
Lane, a paraplegic, refused to crawl or be carried up the
steps.
In support of Lane, a group of disabled people plans
to leave their wheelchairs behind and crawl up the marble steps of
the high court. As NPR's
Joseph Shapiro reports, their protest has a larger message: They
want the Supreme Court to ease up on the Americans with Disabilities
Act. Several recent decisions by the court have sharply cut back the
scope of the ADA.
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Web Resources
American with Disabilities Act Web Site
President George H.W. Bush's Speech Upon Signing the
ADA Into Law
ADA Watch, a National
Coalition for Disability Rights
Ragged Edge, a
Magazine about Disability Issues
National Council on Disabilities
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Office of
Disability Employment Policy
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