March 4, 2021
Editor’s Note: This piece is a part of our series celebrating the thirty-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). I never met my spring term Disability Law class in person. I told the students appearing on my computer screen, “Watch this moment. As a society, we will devote massive amounts of resources to…
February 22, 2021
Editor’s Note: This piece is a part of our series celebrating the thirty-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Throughout history, including late into the twentieth century, exclusion of people with disabilities was the norm. Prejudice, antiquated attitudes, and the failure to remove societal and institutional barriers typified society’s response to disability. Laws…
February 19, 2021
Editor’s Note: This piece is a part of our series celebrating the thirty-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 2020 was a historic year for voting. Record-breaking voter turnout was challenged by a deadly pandemic that forced people to remain in their homes. Voters turned to absentee voting in droves and states accommodated…
Editor’s Note: This piece is a part of our series celebrating the thirty-year anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been transformational in many ways, especially in the way that people with disabilities can access public spaces and thereby participate in their communities. Nevertheless, a look at…
