THE LANDMARK 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY

EVERY MAJOR NEWSPAPER AND BROADCAST NEWS OUTLET IN AMERICA

BETTER BE PREPARING A HUGE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE OF THIS MAJOR EVENT

The Americans with Disabilities Act turns 30 on July 26 and every form of media in America should be preparing in-depth stories about the landmark legislation for publication on the anniversary date.

As people protest injustice and inequity in countless cities in America, people with disabilities must also be brought into the discussion and brought to the table.

The ADA and its impact, against the backdrop of a pandemic, is an incredibly timely story.

Countless people of all ages have died of COVID in nursing homes and similar facilities. 

There is no arguing that this is wrong, as every city in the U.S. has experienced a horror story of death, injury, abuse and worse in nursing homes.

And that was before Coronavirus and the obscenely high percentage of deaths due to unsanitary and unsafe conditions created by nursing homes that prize profit over human life. 

The virus has underscored the fatal consequences of enriching the nursing home profiteers vs. spending on personal care attendants and other ways of keeping disabled and elderly people in their own homes.

I hope, for the sake of diversity, fair play and shining a light on darkness – that all news executives have already assigned major series marking the landmark ADA’s 30th anniversary.

If not, they are shirking the most sacred duty of the fourth estate: to give a voice to all.