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Day in Court for Americans with Disabilities
The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday about a man who was arrested for failing to appear in a Tennessee court. The courthouse had no elevator, so George Lane, a paraplegic, refused to crawl or be carried up the steps.
In support of Lane, a group of disabled people plans to leave their wheelchairs behind and crawl up the marble steps of the high court. As NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports, their protest has a larger message: They want the Supreme Court to ease up on the Americans with Disabilities Act. Several recent decisions by the court have sharply cut back the scope of the ADA.
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Web Resources
- American with Disabilities Act Web Site
- President George H.W. Bush's Speech Upon Signing the ADA Into Law
- ADA Watch, a National Coalition for Disability Rights
- Ragged Edge, a Magazine about Disability Issues
- National Council on Disabilities
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- U.S. Office of Disability Employment Policy
