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Disabled in America: Trapped, Excluded, Forgotten

Why 17 States Are Trying to Strip Disabled Americans of Their Last Legal Protections

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Marie Riverton
Feb 12, 2025
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By any measure of justice, the United States has failed disabled people. For all its talk of equality and freedom, this country has systematically neglected, exploited, and discarded its disabled citizens for generations. Even after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990 (!!!), it has been riddled with loopholes, exemptions, and we…

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