With films like Crip Camp starting to get mainstream attention, we are starting to learn a little more about the lives of disabled people prior to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Shameka Andrews, Ms. Wheelchair America title holder, Disability Consultant, and author of Butterfly On Wheels, talks with us about life as a power chair user before the ADA.
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