American Experience Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act (Season 37, Episode 2)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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American Experience

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act (Season 37, Episode 2)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The film highlights the determined people who literally put their bodies on the line to pass the legislation that changed the lives of all Americans.

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Dennis Billups Self Self See fewer	Crip Camp (2020)
Mary Lou Breslin Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)
George Bush Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
Anita Cameron Self Self See fewer	ADA Lead On Honors National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) (2020)
Lawrence Carter-Long Self Self See fewer	Out of My Mind (2024)
Jimmy Carter Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Peter Dinklage Self / Self - Narrator Self / Self - Narrator See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Tom Harkin Self Self See fewer	Dave (1993)
Steny Hoyer Self Self See fewer	HouseQuake (2009)
Cyndi Jones Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)
I. King Jordan Self - First Deaf President of Gallaudet University Self - First Deaf President of Gallaudet University See fewer	Lives Worth Living (2011)
Jerry Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1963)
Arlene Mayerson Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Ralph Neas Self Self See fewer	Advise & Dissent (2012)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Carolyn Osolinik Self Self See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Geraldo Rivera Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Contact (1997)
John Wodatch Self Self See fewer	Lives Worth Living (2011)
John Chancellor Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Frank Reynolds Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)