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One step at a time

July 2, 20157 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, parenting a child with special needs, politics, radio, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized

Twenty-five short years ago, the United States Capitol had no wheelchair ramps. You read that right. The monument that pretty much defines American equality and justice was inaccessible to people using wheelchairs. In 1990, activists in Washington, D.C. struggled out of their wheelchairs and crawled up the Capitol steps to urge lawmakers to pass the […]

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