This week marks the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Unfortunately, I am not in much of a party mood. On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush declared, "Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down," as he signed the ADA into law, the most significant disability civil rights legislation to date. It feels like the wall is still up, however.
Read MoreIt's ironic when you think about it. An international human rights treaty that is said to have been inspired by the Americans with Disabilities Act exists without ratification by the United States itself. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocols were adopted at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on December 13, 2006, and opened for signature on March 30, 2007.
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