@xoxosugarmagsxoxo: dozens of protesters left their wheelchairs and mobility devices behind and physically crawled or pulled themselves up the Capitol steps. It was a deliberate visual demonstration: this is what an inaccessible society requires disabled people to do. The ADA had already been introduced in Congress, so they weren't crawling up the steps simply to "ask for disability rights" in a general sense. They were putting direct pressure on Congress to pass the pending ADA without further delay or weakening it. Four months later, Congress passed the legislation, and President George H. W. Bush signed the ADA into law on July 26, 1990. #ada #disability #civilrights