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Everyone cares for disabled people, right? What they don't care for are genuine civil rights for disabled people. MARY JOHNSON tells the tortuous, enraging story of how Congress enacted a law that instead of protecting against discrimination has turned 'the disabled' into a political punching bag.

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William Greider
Age: 83 †
Born: 1936
Born: August 6
Died: 2019
Died: December 25
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