The ADA Legacy Project: Moments in Disability History
Beginning in January 2013, and on a monthly basis through July 2015, a series of "Moments in Disability History" was created and posted on a web page devoted to the ADA Legacy Project.
The ADA Legacy Project celebrates the impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on disability rights, and honors the contributions of individuals with disabilities and their allies who persevered in securing the passage of this landmark civil rights legislation. In order to fully realize a world where all people are accepted and valued, it is crucial to preserve and promote the history of the ADA and the disability rights movement.
The content for each of the "Moments" was taken from materials already available at the Council website and then framed around a specific individual and/or event that contributed to and eventually led to the signing of the ADA on July 26, 1990.
Ed Preneta, former Executive Director of the Connecticut Council on Developmental Disabilities, created the narrative for each of the "Moments" and the list of links to the resources that were used in the narrative. Photos and images were added to make the "Moments" come alive and give identity to key leaders and policymakers who played a role in this civil rights legislation.
These "Moments" have also been added to relevant sections of Parallels in Time, Part 2 under the heading "Don't forget to review…" to draw yet another connection and relationship to the ADA.
Moment in Disability History 1: "The Birth of the Parent Movement"
Moment in Disability History 2: "January 23, 2013 – Ed Roberts Day: Built Upon Alliances"
Moment in Disability History 3: "The Right To Be Abroad in the Land"
Moment in Disability History 4: "ADA: Back To The Future with U.S. District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank".
Moment in Disability History 5: "ADA and Baby Doe"
Moment in Disability History 6: "The Right to Education Based on Brown v. Board of Education"
Moment in Disability History 7: "Solidarity Forever"
Moment in Disability History 8: "Alabama Federal District Court Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr."
Moment in Disability History 9: "Willowbrook Leads to New Protections of Rights"
Moment in Disability History 10: "DD Act - Protection and Advocacy"
Moment in Disability History 11: "Civil Rights: We're Going To Win This One"
Moment in Disability History 12: "The Dignity of Risk"
Moment in Disability History 13: "Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., Original 'Father' of the Americans with Disabilities Act"
Moment in Disability History 14: "The Fight for 504 Regulations: 'We Won't Go Away'"
Moment in Disability History 15: "Toward independence: Powerful Words"
Moment in Disability History 16: "Wolfensberger's Influence"
Moment in Disability History 17: "The Self Advocacy Movement"
Moment in Disability History 18: "The Olmstead Decision"
Moment in Disability History 19: "From the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Through the ADA Title II, to the Most Integrated Setting"
Moment in Disability History 20: "Stories of Discrimination"
Moment in Disability History 21: "S.933 – Americans with Disabilities Act – 101st Congress"
Moment in Disability History 22: "Task Force on the Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities"
Moment in Disability History 23: "H.R. 2273 – The ADA in the House of Representatives"
Moment in Disability History 24: "ADA's International Impact"
Moment in Disability History 25: "Behind the Scenes in the Reagan and Bush Administrations – Stories from No Pity"
Moment in Disability History 26: "Women Leaders of the ADA"
Moment in Disability History 27: "A Magna Carta and the Ides of March to the ADA"
Moment in Disability History 28: "The Original: Americans with Disabilities Act of 1988"
Moment in Disability History 29: "ADA: The Final Push"
Moment in Disability History 30: "Reflections on ADA's 25th Anniversary"
Moment in Disability History 31: "July 26, 1990: The Americans with Disabilities Act is Signed Into Law"