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Stuff Mom Never Told You

A Brief History of Women and the ADA

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Women have long been leaders in the disability rights movement, and were the driving force in getting the Americans with Disabilities Act passed. We spotlight some of the notable women that made the ADA happen.

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Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to Stuff When They Were Told You

1:08.9

Protection of I-Hart Radio.

1:18.8

And July, as we've mentioned, is Disability Pride Month and while it's not

1:24.6

recognized on a federal level, it is celebrated across the United States and

1:28.1

has been since 1990 in part as a celebration of the passing of the ADA,

1:33.2

Americans with Disabilities Act on July 26th of 1990. The first Disability

1:38.6

Pride Parade was held in Boston and the Disability Pride Flag was designed by

1:44.4

Ann McGill who herself is a woman with a disability. And so if you've seen it,

1:48.8

it's a flag that's got like a black background and multicolor stripes on it.

1:53.6

And from Stony Brook University, this is what the flag represents, the colors.

1:58.4

The Black Field represents the disabled people who have lost their lives due to

2:01.7

not only their illness, but also to negligence, suicide, and eugenics.

2:06.0

Each color on the flag represents a different aspect of disability or

2:09.5

impairment. Red physical disabilities, yellow, cognitive, and intellectual

2:13.5

disabilities, white, invisible, and undiagnosed disabilities, blue, mental

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