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Jecture Aug 5, 2025

Hawaiʻi celebrated 35 years of the ADA with statewide rallies, raising awareness and honoring the fight for equity.
https://mauinow.com/2025/07/20/kahului-statewide-rallies-to-celebrate-35-years-of-americans-with-disabilities-act/
#ADA35 #DisabilityRights #Accessibility

New accessibility tools for online documents now available on County-managed websites | Maui Now

PDF conversion software called DocAccess has been launched on County of Maui-managed websites to provide several new accessibility and translation features.

| New accessibility tools for online documents now available on County-managed websites

Democrats Abroad Jul 26, 2025

July is Disability Pride Month, and this year marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a groundbreaking civil rights law that transformed the landscape of accessibility and inclusion in the U.S.

At #DemocratsAbroad, we stand in solidarity with the disability community, this month and every month, to ensure every voice is heard, at home and at the ballot box. 🗳️🌍

Let’s vote for leaders who believe in equity for all.

#DisabilityPrideMonth #ADA35 #VoteFromAbroad

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CenDemTech Jul 26, 2025

Today, and everyday, CDT is proud of our work to center people with disabilities in tech policy. Find out more about our Disability Rights project, here: https://cdt.org/area-of-focus/privacy-data/disability-rights/ #ADA35.

Disability Rights in Technology Policy Archives

As technology becomes increasingly integrated into everyday life, concerns surrounding personal and data privacy, security, and discrimination become more widespread. However, the impacts of various technologies (including artificial intelligence) on people with disabilities are often ignored. CDT’s Project on Disability Rights in Technology Policy seeks to address this gap. We analyze technology and tech policies – like the use of algorithms in employment and benefits determinations, surveillance technologies, and more – and report on how they impact disabled people. We consider these impacts in fields as far-ranging as workers’ rights, health privacy, criminal justice, voter rights, and education. The project assesses risks, analyzes gaps in existing legal and policy protections, and seeks to center the perspectives of people with disabilities in efforts to advocate for fairness, transparency, accountability, and justice. CDT advocates for careful and thoughtful regulation of technologies and policies that disproportionately affect disabled people, especially those who are multiply marginalized. Our work is guided by our partner organizations in the disability community as well as CDT’s Advisory Council on Disability Rights in Technology Policy, which includes leading experts in disability and tech, many of whom are disabled themselves. The project works to build and share expertise among policymakers, researchers, advocates, and disabled community members. We aim to develop actionable guidance for companies, regulators, legislators, and advocates to remedy the harms that we identify. Above all else, we consistently prioritize disability in technology policy and illuminate the impacts – both positive and negative – of technology on disabled people.

Center for Democracy and Technology

Diana Thompson

Jul 26, 2025

Happy 35, ADA! On 7/26/1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities, ensuring equal access to employment, public services, and facilities. #ADA35 #DisabilityRights #Accessibility #a11y #DEIA

American Council of the Blind Jul 26, 2025

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a transformative civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in all areas of public life. ACB honors this milestone and continues to advocate for access, equity, and inclusion—today and every day.

#ADA35

Image credit: ADA National Network (adata.org) 1-800-949-4232

Blind Institute of Technology Jul 25, 2025

🎉 BIT was proud to join the City & County of Denver’s “Celebrating 35 Years of the ADA” Employee Resource Fair!

Kristy & Rebecca repped Team BIT — sharing our programs and showing off our new branded tablecloth! 💼👩‍💻

🧥 The Golden Hoodie took the day off, but we were there in full force to honor the ADA’s legacy.

#ADA35 #DisabilityRights #TeamBIT #ThanksToTheADA

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CenDemTech Jul 25, 2025

Emerging technologies pose new risks to people with disabilities – but, harms are not inevitable. Disability activists can work together to minimize the risks of AI-enabled technologies – as they have worked towards progress for disabled people throughout the last 35 years, and beyond. #ADA35

Freedom Scientific / Vispero Jul 25, 2025

Happy 35th Anniversary to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! Today we celebrate this important civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. Learn more about the resources you can access here: adata.org/national-network

#ADA35 #ThanksToTheADA

Bookshare Jul 25, 2025

Celebrate the ADA this Saturday!

July 26th, 2025 marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! This historic civil rights law protects the rights of people with disabilities and ensures they have the same opportunities as everyone else.

How can you celebrate? Spread the word by sharing this post with the hashtags #ThanksToTheADA and #ADA35. Happy #ADA Day!