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March 12, 1990. US Capitol Crawl. Disabled activists went up the steps of the US Capitol building without their mobility aids and devices in order to demonstrate the need for Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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imogen 🏳️⚧️
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ADAPT was so bad ass for this
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Chris
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Organized by the still active group, ADAPT, which got started in Denver in 1978 where they protested for accomodations on public transportation:
www.cpr.org/show-segment...
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arcadus (they/them) 🇵🇸
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What a vivid and powerful act of protest. We need more people who are brave enough to do this.
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Eb
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After my dad passed, I did research into the campus advocacy group I remember he was a part of when I was a small child and he was a wheelchair user. I discovered he actually founded it. My research was the first time anyone had looked into it in over 30 years. I started the file in the archives.
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New Amauta
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This is so important for a lot of Indigenous peoples especially when Indigenous activists and philosophers were disabled, like José Carlos Mariátegui who founded Peru's 1st SοсiaIist Party and advocated for collectively owned Indigenous land
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jędrek
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Us Europeans like to crap on the US, and often rightly so, but one area where we're obviously behind is accessibility. The ADA is not perfect, its implementation isn't perfect, but it's much better than anything the EU has.
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Torr Leonard 🧵
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File under: bills a republican would never sign now.
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RAALLEN
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This was 1990? I swear I thought this was far more recent, like in the last six years or so. 😮💨
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CLondoner92
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During the same year, disabled activists in wheelchairs chained themselves up with the Routemaster buses, calling on London Transport and the government to bring more accessible public transport.
Then in 1994, the first low-floor wheelchair accessible bus entered service.
youtu.be/t0FbW2zv6ng
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
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34 years ago. And we’re still fighting for access. Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins has some of the most iconic photos and videos from the Capitol Crawl. She talks about being 8 years old and what it was like.
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Vibrantly Brantly
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Well I don't find that very funny
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Jacob Musk
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Jacob Musk
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Looking to get an electric wheelchair or mobility scooter - Foldables/Portable?
Look no further, we've got you covered. Great deals and free shipping available. Get in touch with us in case you might be interested in getting more information ℹ️
@everyone #highlights
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Eve Nicholls
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If that were to happen in the UK today, the activists would be arrested (and perhaps assaulted) and/or the video footage would be used to deny them disability benefits.
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