{"id":1191027,"date":"2023-08-25T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fair.org\/?p=9035114"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T15:07:04","slug":"kehsi-iman-wilson-on-americans-with-disability-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/08\/25\/kehsi-iman-wilson-on-americans-with-disability-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disability Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='display:none;' class='shareaholic-canvas' data-app='share_buttons' data-title='Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disability Act' data-link='https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/kehsi-iman-wilson-on-americans-with-disability-act\/' data-summary='The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every day\u2014not a once a year pat on the back about &quot;how far we\u2019ve come.&quot;' data-app-id-name='category_above_content'><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  verdana-mjp\" style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" id=\"T_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:14px;\">CounterSpin230825.mp3<\/span><span class=\"indi_mp3j\" style=\"font-size:9.8px;\" id=\"statusMI_0\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><span class=\"s-nosolution\" id=\"mp3j_nosolution_0\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><script>\nMP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0 = [\n\t{ name: \"CounterSpin230825.mp3\", formats: [\"mp3\"], mp3: \"aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5ibHVicnJ5LmNvbS9jb3VudGVyc3Bpbi9jb250ZW50LmJsdWJycnkuY29tL2NvdW50ZXJzcGluL0NvdW50ZXJTcGluMjMwODI1Lm1wMw==\", counterpart:\"\", artist: \"\", image: \"\", imgurl: \"\" }\n];\n<\/script>\n\n<script>MP3jPLAYERS[0] = { list: MP3jPLAYLISTS.inline_0, tr:0, type:'single', lstate:'', loop:false, play_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pause_txt:'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;', pp_title:'', autoplay:false, download:false, vol:80, height:'' };<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9035119\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9035119\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9035119\" src=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front-350x197.png\" alt=\"Disabled People's Liberation Front protest\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front-350x197.png 350w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front-640x359.png 640w, https:\/\/fair.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Disabled-Peoples-Liberation-Front.png 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9035119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newdisabledsouth.org\/\">New Disabled South<\/a>)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week on <strong>CounterSpin<\/strong>: \u201cWe\u2019ve come a long way but there\u2019s a long way to go\u201d is a familiar, facile <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/ky\/louisville\/politics\/2023\/07\/28\/-dot-announces-new-rule-on-anniversary-of-the-americans-with-disabilities-act\">framing<\/a> that robs urgency from fights for justice. It\u2019s the frame that tends to dominate annual journalistic acknowledgement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, passed 33 years ago in late July.<\/p>\n<p>Like Black history month, the ADA anniversary is a peg\u2014an opportunity for journalists to offer information and insight on issues they might not have felt there was space for throughout the year. As depressing as that is, media coverage of the date often doesn\u2019t even rise to the occasion. You wouldn\u2019t guess from elite media\u2019s afterthought approach that some 1 in 4 people in this country have some type of disability, or that it\u2019s one group that any of us could join at any moment.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, you might not understand that the ADA didn\u2019t call for curb cuts at every corner, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/USCODE-2018-title42\/html\/USCODE-2018-title42-chap126.htm\">for an end<\/a> to \u201cpersistent discrimination in such critical areas as: employment, housing, public accommodations, education, transportation, communication, recreation, institutionalization, health services, voting and access to public services.\u201d Nothing less than the maximal integration of disabled people into community and political life\u2014you know, like people.<\/p>\n<p>And if <i>that\u2019s<\/i> the story, it\u2019s clear that it demands all kinds of attention, every day\u2014not a once a year pat on the back about &#8220;how far we\u2019ve 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