On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed what he declared to be "the first comprehensive declaration of equality for people with disabilities." He further called for the destruction of "The Shameful Wall of Exclusion."
Since that day, there have been many court decisions interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act. Some of these decisions, and particularly some decisions of the Supreme Court, narrowed the scope of the law intended by Congress when it passed the ADA. This led to Congress passing the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 that President George W. Bush signed on September 25, 2008.
All Americans should celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the ADA on July 26, 2010, and remember that the law as it now exists was passed by two different Congresses and signed by two different Presidents, both named Bush.
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