“This is an immensely important day — a day that belongs to all of you…across the breadth of this nation are 43 million Americans with disabilities.  You have made this happen.  -George H.W. Bush Remarks by the President during the signing of the ADA, 7/26/90 Twenty-two years ago today, President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law.  The ADA was the world’s first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. It was a collaborative effort of Democrats, Republicans, the legislative and the executive branches, federal and state agencies, and people with and without disabilities. -from the Bush Library  Discover Disability History here
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“This is an immensely important day — a day that belongs to all of you…across the breadth of this nation are 43 million Americans with disabilities.  You have made this happen. 

-George H.W. Bush

Remarks by the President during the signing of the ADA, 7/26/90

Twenty-two years ago today, President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act into law.  The ADA was the world’s first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities. It was a collaborative effort of Democrats, Republicans, the legislative and the executive branches, federal and state agencies, and people with and without disabilities.

-from the Bush Library

 Discover Disability History here

Source: bushlibrary.tamu.edu

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