THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AT 30 -- PART 8

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS

AND REMAINING CHALLENGES 

Kelley Simoneaux is owner of the Spinal Cord Injury Law Firm in Washington, D.C.

She has a T-12 SCI and uses a manual wheelchair for mobility.

“The ADA has provided me an opportunity to run my life. It has allowed more visibility for people to show we’re integral part of the economy and community,” she said.

Simoneaux is very concerned that the gig economy, which was not in existence when the ADA was adopted, is going to erase many gains made under the ADA – because app-based companies aggressively claim they are exempt from it.