Disability Rights Advocate and Lawyer Haben Girma on the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Disability Rights Advocate and Lawyer Haben Girma on the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Video Transcript
HABEN GIRMA: Disabled people are talented. Disabled people deserve dignity and respect. I know this, you know this, but a lot of our policies and designs have not been inclusive of disabled people.
Sometimes you ask people, you teach people, and they still refuse. That's where the Americans with Disabilities Act comes in. It is tremendous and powerful to have a civil rights law that protects our dignity, our right to live and be in the world. We celebrate the ADA on July 26, its anniversary. But it's also important to think about accessibility all year round.
