Accessibility – Long way still to go in Missoula and the Nation

"This is a national issue. It’s a matter of civil rights."

In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act, which protected people with "physical or mental impairments" from discrimination in the workplace, in schools and in the public sphere in general. In 2008, President George W. Bush signed an amendment to the law, further broadening the protections of the original legislation.

But a recent survey conducted by the Summit Independent Living Center, a Missoula-based nonprofit that advocates for people with disabilities, shows the laws do not always go far enough.

by Jamie Rogers

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