After the ADA passed, ADAPT shifted its focus to getting disabled people out of nursing homes, using the slogan "Free Our People".

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt experienced a motor disability resulting from polio that required him to use a wheelchair

Achilles International is an organization that supports and oversees athletes with disabilities participating in endurance sports

Caring for elderly or sick parents can be a limitation that provides grounding and a sense of purpose.

There is a shortage of human caretakers and nurses are often overworked, a problem robots could help alleviate.

Robots can provide physical labor assistance for tasks such as elder care.

Upon moving into a senior residence, Sylvia Boorstein initially had a negative internal reaction to living with other old people.

After living in her house for approximately 60 years, Sylvia Boorstein moved into a residence for older adults.

Over the course of a year, Sylvia Boorstein's perspective on her fellow residents shifted to a feeling of shared experience.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law signed by President George H.W. Bush.

In March 1990, ADAPT organized a protest known as the "Capitol Crawl" in Washington, D.C.

Police at the 1978 protest could not arrest the protestors because police vans, jails, and courthouses were not wheelchair accessible.

In its 1999 Olmstead decision, the Supreme Court ruled that disabled people have a right to receive long-term care in the community.

During the "Capitol Crawl," dozens of people with disabilities crawled up the 83 marble steps of the U.S. Capitol.

On average, providing care for a person with significant disabilities in their own home costs less than care in a nursing home.

The Colorado state legislature capped the number of paid Medicaid hours for in-home caregivers due to budget constraints.

In 1975, Wade Blank co-founded the Atlantis Community organization in Denver to provide housing and services for disabled people.

The Olmstead decision required states to create and fund services to help disabled people live in their own homes.

Potential threats to disability rights include cuts to Medicaid and new work requirements to qualify for the program.

A judge ruled in favor of the protestors, establishing their right to be arrested and treated like any other protest group.

Wade Blank was a non-disabled Presbyterian minister who became a disability rights activist.