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ADA Watch; National Coalition for Disability Rights
ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights Praise Advocates and Policymakers as President Bush Signs ADA Amendments Act into Law
October 11th, 2008
For nearly two years, disability rights advocates have traveled the Nation in a customized bus educating citizens and policymakers alike of the pressing need to restore vital civil rights protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Today, President Bush signed the ADA Amendments Act into law and ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights, the nonprofit organizations behind the Road To Freedom bus tour, praised all of those involved in this successful campaign to advance disability rights. In recent years, the ADA -- the world's first human rights law for people with disabilities -- has been dramatically narrowed in the...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-10-11)
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