Disability Rights Movement - The Sit In

By the mid 19 seventies, the disability rights movement was growing and spreading. A month long sit in at san francisco g w headquarters now is in its third day. An 125 disabled and handicapped are pledging they'll continue the sit in through to morrow night if not longer. In 19 77, disability writes, protesters hit federal office buildings in 11 cities at once. And in 19 90, when the sweeping americans with disabilities act gets hung up in the house of representatives,. disabled demonstrators in front of the capital building leave their wheel chairs and crawl up the marble steps to make sure that bill gets through.