NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Mackenzie Martin about her reporting for KCUR's podcast 'A People's History of Kansas City', commemorating the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with ...

ASL The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990.

In April of 2017, I woke up one morning with the feeling that my left ear was clogged. There was a strange whooshing sound, ...

Premieres Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Explore the dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film focuses on the determined ...

President Donald Trump's executive order seeks to weaken the Americans with Disabilities Act, a watershed moment for civil rights. We must oppose it.

To me and the millions of other Americans with various disabilities, it means the anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) by then President George ...

The ADA was never a finish line. It was a starting point. And unless we act—through legislation, litigation and public pressure—we risk breaking the promise it made to millions of Americans.

Since North Carolina became one of the 40 states and Washington D.C. that now have expanded Medicaid , some people with ...

Neither Hintze nor Disney navigated their disability before passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which is turning 35 this weekend — a milestone for the hard-won civil rights law that ...

This week marks 35 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act reshaped civil rights in the U.S., guaranteeing access and inclusion for millions. But as workplaces, schools, and public spaces ...

It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being marked with festivals and parades — and concern due to recent Medicaid cuts.

The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The emotional and dramatic story of the decades-long push for equality and accessibility that culminated in ...