On July 26th, 1990, just shy of two years before I was born, the Americans With Disabilities Act was passed. On June 3rd, 1992, I arrived in this world three months prematurely, marking my status as a disabled person and placing me squarely in the ADA Generation - the first generation of disabled people to grow up with the ADA.
The ADA and I have together explored the unmitigated wonders of...
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