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ACLU Urges House Committee to Support ADA Restoration Act (01/29/2008)
Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded the House Committee on Education and Labor for holding a hearing on H.R. 3195, the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Restoration Act.

ACLU Joins Civil Rights Organizations for Disability Rights Briefing (01/08/2008)
Washington, DC – Today the American Civil Liberties Union participated in a briefing in conjunction with the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights, to discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R. 3195 / S. 1881). The briefing was held to expand the base of supporters for this vital legislation beyond the disability community, specifically reaching out to veterans services organizations, unions, civil rights and religious groups, racial justice organizations, and others.

ACLU ADA Resoration Act Backgrounder (01/10/2008)

ACLU Letter Thanking House Sponsors of the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act (11/26/2007)

ACLU Letter Thanking Senate Sponsors of the Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act (11/26/2007)

Links To other Disability Rights Resources (02/15/2002)
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Essential Protection for People with Disabilities (02/15/2002)
During the civil rights movement of the 1960s, people with disabilities began to demand more autonomy in their lives, starting an "independent living" movement and rejecting society's attitudes of pity, charity, and rehabilitation. Congress responded with the Fair Housing Amendments Act -- "a national commitment to end the unnecessary exclusion of persons with [disabilities] from the American mainstream."