President Clinton unveiled a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in his wheelchair at the FDR Memorial, ending an emotional six-year campaign led by disability advocacy groups to show the 32nd president as he lived, not as he portrayed himself to the public in a bygone era.
Explore Disabilities: Dig Deeper
“Disability stories” refer to the array of experiences by, from, and about people with disabilities represented across our nation. People with disabilities are the largest minority in the United States, but their stories often remain untold. The National Park Service Disability History Series is a collection of articles on:
From curbs to captioning, we all benefit from Universal Design. Read more in The Curb Cut Effect: How Making Public Spaces Accessible to People With Disabilities Helps Everyone.
