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Americans with Disabilities Act: What is it and why does it matter?
Resources on the history and accomplishments of the ADA
July 26 is the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disability Unite Festival 7/26 1-5 p.m.
7/26 #ADA30InColor Online Event (Sunday, July 26, 2020, 6pm, Free Central Time)
Diversity Includes Disability
30th ADA Celebration
The ADA Generation Speaks: Let’s Make ADA Education Part of the Core Curriculum
ADA Live! The ADA Then and Now: Celebrate ADA 30th Anniversary with the Honorable Tony Coelho -listen to the recording here
History and the Future of Disability Rights: A Conversation with Judy Heumann, listen to recording here
The Americans with Disabilities Act at 30: it’s a major news story
The ADA Generation Speaks: We Need More than the Minimum
3 podcasts about living with a disability for Disability Pride Month
Forbes articles on the Americans with Disabilities Act
All Inclusive Season 3, Episode 8: ADA 30th Anniversary Special with Leading Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann
Celebrating 30 Years of the ADA
Stories from the ADA Generation: Celebrating 30 Years
Virtual Disability Pride Parade
Disability and the Media: A Free ADA Anniversary Discussion (recorded webinar and links to resources)
History and Significance of the ADA
The ADA at 30: Looking Back and Ahead Despite significant progress for U.S. workers with disabilities, many barriers remain.
Why disabled Americans remain second-class citizens The big hole in our civil rights laws.
Why I wrote the Americans with Disabilities Act The bill, a model for bipartisanship, addressed hideous discrimination faced by people with disabilities.
10 Things You May Not Know About the ADA
Disability and Employment in MN
Disability Rights: The Overlooked Civil Rights Issue
Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990
The ADA Legacy Project
ADA History
Obama: ADA "Fight is Not Over"
Overlooked No More: Brad Lomax, a Bridge Between Civil Rights Movements
THE FATHER OF THE ADA
Resources
DisabilityScoop
Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP)
Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
ADA Minnesota
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Minnesota State Council on Disability
MNIT (Information Technology for MN Government) Accessibility Office
Google Impact Challenges Disabilities: ADA
ADA National Network
Videos
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Promise of Olmstead: 15 Years Later
Because
Protection and Advocacy System
What is the ADA anyway?
Thanks to the ADA-Share Your Story of How the ADA Has Helped You or Your Loved Ones
Thanks to the ADA