Today is #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay & the 35th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilityAct (ADA).
Leave under the #ADA is unpaid but WE is championing the Illinois Family & Medical Leave Insurance Act, a bill that would provide IL workers w/ #PaidLeave. Learn more here: ow.ly/1Wtj50WvFgR

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Today, we mark #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Former DLCC Spotlight candidate and Iowa Rep. Josh Turek is a two-time Paralympic gold medalist and the first and only Iowa legislator with a permanent disability.

The Sex Work Historian National Disability Independence Day infographic. The image is of the international symbol for disability. The image features The Sex Work Historian logo (a grey peach) and a red umbrella (the international symbol for sex workers’ rights).

(1/3) #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay is observed annually on July 26 in the United States. It commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law in 1990, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.

Today we celebrate and remember the American with Disabilities Act.
This bill made sure that it was illegal to discriminate based on those with disabilities and ensuring economic and social equality for all. #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay

Happy National Disability Independence Day - 35 years of the ADA Act! Our department is responsible for over 56,000 ADA curb ramps and over 2,300 miles of sidewalk, and we are investing $1.2 million to work on 239 ramps at about 70 intersections starting this fall. #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay

Today in history, President George Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House July 26, 1990 #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay #Disability

Tomorrow is #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay, it marks the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—a historic civil rights law signed on July 26, 1990.

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🧵It's #NationalDisabilityIndependenceDay, commemorating the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26, 1990. Today, we're highlighting some of Stateline's coverage on those with disabilities and their rights.