The Americans with disabilities act ensures that people with disabilities can thrive

 As  you  red thin about what changes have helped make the world better for people who have disabilities Judy Heunann know what it's like to grow  up in a world that wasn't  built for here. In 1949 when she was 18 months old she  contracted a disease called  polio which left here  paralyzed.  when Heumann's  mom tried to enroll her in kindergarten in New  York City the principal wouldn't  let her in calling  here wheelchair a fire hazard.  There years  later he-man was finally allow ed to attend school but  she and other  students with with disabilities wren  forced to learn in the basement  separate from other kids. As heunann got older it was difficult for  here  to go to the movies with her friends because theaters lacked wheelchair ramps. she  often had to be carried up friends because theaters  of  stairs. But  Heumann never  felt  ashamed of who she was and why should she. she knew it wasn't  people  with disabilities who needed  to change it was the world  around them. People  continually think that those of us with disabilities world  prefer not to have our disabilities Heumann  now 73 says It s important for  people  to see that  disability is a normal part of life Huemann  spent decades as and activities  in  the disability rights movement leading sit ins and other protests demand equality for people who have disabilities. That movement resulted in the signing of the Americans with disabilities act (ADA) on July 26 1990. The  law  makes it illegal to discriminate against people  because of their disabilities. I n also requires that places like schools grocery stores and theaters be make accessible for instance by installing  wheelchair ramps designate  patrick  spot and signs written in braille.  Today the ada is still considered one of the most impotent civil rights law in U.S. history for a long time people  with disabilities had little to on rights across the United Stated says Keri gary  she's a senior  director at the  Amaerican Association  of people  with disabilities. The  ADA is a big pice of legislation that  ensures that people with  disabilities  can thrive. The  ADA  allows people  with disabilities to bring services dogs to most public places including school. President gorge  H W bush sing the american  with disabilities act  into  law on July 26 1990.  from called junior scholastic. https://www.voanews.com/science-health/george-h-w-bush-signs-americans-disabilities-act-law-day-1990