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Man with a beard and sunglasses signing to a woman outdoors beside a rally banner.

Access1

A group of people stands on a city street surrounded by a collection of wheelchairs.

Access2

A large crowd of marchers walks down a city street behind a dark blue banner.

ADA35 Banner

A woman in a motorized wheelchair leads a group of marchers while holding a sign about accessibility.

ADA35 Protest Signs

An out-of-service subway station elevator with red tape forming an X across its glass doors and a sign stating it is out of service until March 20, 2023.

Eag3

Introduction

A printout of the proclamation, featuring icons of hands performing sign language

Proclamation

Three t-shirts in a gallery space on mannequins

T-shirts

High-angle close-up of the gap between a subway train doorway threshold and a yellow tactile warning strip on the platform edge.

Tactile1

Front page of New York Newsday from July 8, 1993, with the headline "Blind Woman Killed: Tragedy On The Tracks."

Tactile2

A black-and-white photograph of a woman in dark sunglasses being assisted by a driver in front of a New York City Access-A-Ride paratransit bus.

Access-A-Ride 1

A black-and-white photograph of a driver helping an older woman in dark sunglasses step down from the doorway of a New York City Access-A-Ride minibus.

Access-A-Ride 2

A black-and-white photograph of two men in wheelchairs and two standing men gathered beside a vintage sedan outside a brick hospital building.

Hand Driven Vehicle1

An instructor holds up a replica "EXPRESS" subway sign at a table covered with other directional signs while a young man in glasses looks on.

Navigating1

A young man with Down syndrome carrying a folder under his arm steps onto the front entrance of a city bus.

Navigating2

Disability rights activists, several using wheelchairs, installing a makeshift asphalt curb ramp during a protest outside the Brooklyn Public Library.

Curb cuts (1)

Black-and-white photo of a man in a manual wheelchair being tilted backward by an assistant to get up a steep street curb without a ramp.

Curb cuts (2)

A black-and-white photograph of a man in a manual wheelchair positioned beside the open driver's door of a two-door sedan, preparing to transfer into the car.

Hand Driven Vehicle3

Black-and-white photo of an Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association technician seated in a wheelchair using a hammer to repair another manual wheelchair.

Wheelchair repair (1)

Black-and-white photo of an Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association mobile wheelchair repair truck and a display board of worn wheelchair parts.

Wheelchair repair (1)

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