‘We want to ride’: the 1978 protest that sparked the disability rights movement
The episode marks the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by spotlighting the grassroots activism that led to its passage, particularly the 1978 protest by the 'Gang of 19' in Denver, and warns that hard-won rights to independent living are now under threat from
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