Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby Hintze and her friend Kayla Duganan’s daughter, Elena Gomez, 3, play with fridge magnets at her home in Salt Lake City on ...

MAUMEE, Ohio (WTVG) - Kathleen Klein remembers a time before the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It was a different world for her childhood friend who was in a wheelchair. “There were steps ...

In March 1990, several demonstrations led by the disability rights group ADAPT served as an impetus to passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed 35 years ago this month, the ADA was the ...

This year, cities across America are celebrating 35 years of the ADA with parades and festivals. In Cincinnati, there are a slew of events, including a documentary film screening, a carnival night and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- They are topics that most people don't easily connect: HIV/AIDS and the Americans with Disabilities Act. But some activists are working to ensure that people living with the condition ...

When the Americans With Disabilities Act was signed into law on this day in July 1990, my parents didn’t yet know how much the landmark civil rights law would soon shape my life — and theirs. I was ...

ALBANY — A coalition of New York state agencies is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination ...

From ramps outside buildings, to the small textured bumps at the start of crosswalks, to sign language interpreters at big events — most people have probably seen the effects of the Americans with ...

The Americans with Disabilities Act protects individuals with disabilities, including employees undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Many employees fighting breast cancer struggle to balance their ...

The RTD Board of Directors unanimously voted on Tuesday to rename Civic Center Station after a local disability rights hero, the late Rev. Wade Blank. At the same time, activists protested the agency ...

Sometimes, when she’s out shopping or running errands, Shelby Hintze of Salt Lake City finds places where she simply cannot go. Hintze, 32, was born with a progressive neuromuscular disorder called ...