Thread: Today is the 30th anniversary of the Americans w/ Disabilities Act! This historic legislation enshrined many basic rights for people with disabilities.

Disabled organizers continue fighting 4 a fully accessible, just society. #ADA30 #DisabilityPrideMonth #ADA30InColor

Current community-based support systems are siloed, under-funded & inaccessible. With #COVIDー19, we are seeing people w/ disabilities — #HighRiskCovid individuals — in fear for their lives, esp. BIPOC PWD as the virus spreads, medical care rationed & supports are being cut. 2/7

We mourn the loss of Michael Hickson, a Black disabled husband & father. He loved his family, strategy games & a good debate. He was hospitalized for #COVIDー19 in TX and died as a result of rationed medical care. #BlackDisabledLivesMatter #ADA30 3/7 https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/05/coronavirus-disability-death/

I've learned so much from the visionary work of disabled organizers like Nikki Brown Booker @Rahnee5796 @maria_m_town @SFdirewolf @SeeMiaRoll @judithheumann @sinsinvalid @keri_gray @JessicaLehman47 Henry Claypool & many more. 4/7 #ADA30

As working families struggle to make ends meet, billionaires continue to profit. For people w/ disabilities, too often excluded from job opportunities & paid sub-minimum wage, crisis is compounded. Let's take leadership from disability justice organizers on the way forward. 5/7

We need a robust care & support infrastructure that is built upon principles of community, autonomy, independence, and interdependence.

An infrastructure with permanent and comprehensive investments so that every person can thrive, for generations.

#CaringMajority #ADA30 6/7

Today, we honor the collective direct action that changed the very architecture of our spaces. And the leaders who forced us all to ask: who are we building society for?

We need to learn from this history & envision an accessible, equitable future. Let's keep fighting. #ADA30