Monday, August 17, 2020

THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AT 30 -- PART 14

VOICES OF VICTORY, CELEBRATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS

AND REMAINING CHALLENGES 

Kennedy said PWD need to demonstrate their existing and untapped buying power to businesses.

“According to an Open Doors/Harris Poll in 2015, (over a two-year period) 26 million travelers with disabilities took 73 million trips and spent $34.6 billion on travel,” said Kennedy,

noting that because of the ADA’s advances, PWD have more than $200 billion in disposable income. 

“People will only start treating us as equals when we show them that our money is the same as theirs.”

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