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Forgotten America

Summary

Though we are used to sidewalk ramps and closed captions today, comprehensive accommodations for disabled Americans are a relatively modern phenomenon. Get to know the activists who organized on behalf of disability rights and accessibility legislation in the 20th and 21st centuries, from San Francisco's 504 sit-in to the Capitol Crawl.

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