Today marks the 31st anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark piece of legislation that changed the lives of millions of Americans.
There were many moments over the decades leading up to the signing of the ADA that captured the attention of the nation. Today we are highlighting the Capitol Crawl, which took place on March 12, 1990, when over 1,000 people marched from the White House to the U.S. Capitol to demand that Congress pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. When they got there, about 60 of them cast aside their wheelchairs and other mobility aids and crawled up the Capitol steps, in a physical demonstration of how inaccessible architecture impacts people with additional needs. #ADA31
