In March 1990, when the ADA seemed destined to be stalled in Congress, ADAPT, a grassroots disability rights organization, held a march from the White House to the steps of the Capitol. Sixty disability activists with physical disabilities shed their crutches, wheelchairs, powerchairs and other assistive devices and proceeded to crawl up all 78 west side steps of the Capitol. A “tour” of the Capitol that ADAPT had arranged turned into a meeting in the Capitol Rotunda between ADAPT and the House Speaker and the House Minority Leader. Although the action resulted in the arrests of 104 grassroots demonstrators, the “Capital Crawl” as it would become to be known, pushed the stalled ADA bill out of committee.![]()
The rest is history, as President Bush signed the ADA into law on July 26th, 1990.![]()
Happy 36th Anniversary ADA
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The newly renovated City Hall Portsmouth NH restrooms on Four Tree Island are just what you’re looking for. 😁