This article is part of a series exploring how the Americans With Disabilities Act has shaped modern life for people with disabilities. They wanted to pressure Congress into ratifying the Americans With Disabilities Act. At the heart of what became a landmark of civil rights legislation was the elemental role of architecture and design — literally building accessibility into cities, products, public spaces and workplaces, without which equity would remain just talk. has reshaped American architecture and the way designers and the public have come to think about civil rights and the built world. New courthouses, schools and museums no longer default to a flight of stairs out front to express their elevated ideals.

Source: New York Times July 20, 2020 09:00 UTC