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A girl holds a sign that says 'We Are Not Aliens' and prepares to march in the NYC Disability Pride Parade.

July 28, 2015

New York disability pride parade draws thousands marking milestone

NEW YORK -- New York City hosted its first parade Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3,000 participants heading up…

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Disabled Teenager marching through the parade

July 11, 2015

First Disability Pride Parade in New York City

New York City held its first Disability Pride parade on 12 July, marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, was…

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Commissioner Victor Calise at Comptroller Scott Stringer's Disability Awareness event.

October 16, 2014

Commissioner Victor Calise at Comptroller Scott Stringer's Disability Awareness event.

Commissioner Victor Calise at Comptroller Scott Stringer's Disability Awareness event.

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People on wheelchairs with different disabilities take part in the disability pride parade in New York

July 11, 2015

Thousands turn out for first NY Disability Pride Parade

Thousands of people marched through the streets of New York for the city's first Disability Pride Parade Sunday. People in wheelchairs…

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Andrea Dalzell who is the 2015 Ms. Wheelchair New York, participates in the NYC Disability Pride Parade

July 28, 2015

NY disability pride parade draws thousands marking milestone

New York City hosted its first parade on Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3,000 participants heading up Broadway…

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1st Annual Disability Pride Parade & Festival

July 24, 2015

Disability Pride Day NYC July 12 2015

Bringing Disability Pride back to NYC in the great tradition of past Disability Pride marches, parades, and events around the country! …

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An interpreter signs in the foreground while President Barack Obama, with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks during a reception for the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

July 20, 2015

President Obama Celebrates 25 Years of the ADA

In the East Room, President Obama honored those who made the ADA the law of the land – the activists, congressional representatives, and…

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Donald Lee, a bilateral amputee, marches in the Disability Pride parade

July 12, 2015

Disability Pride NYC: More than 3,000 take part in New York's first parade for disabled people

New York City hosted its first Disability Pride parade over the weekend. More than 3,000 participants marched on Broadway, many using…

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Two people holding a sign "Little People of America"

July 12, 2015

New York City holds its first Disability Pride Parade

In July 1990, the United States Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The law, for which campaigners had been fighting…

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A group of people holding a sign saying "We have rights"

July 11, 2015

NY disability pride parade draws thousands marking milestone

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City hosted its first parade Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3,000 participants heading…

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Disability Pride NYC

July 16, 2015

Capalino+Company Participates in Inaugural NYC Disability Pride Parade

Capalino+Company was proud to support the first annual NYC Disability Pride Parade hosted by the Mayor’s Office of People with Disabilities…

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(l-r) Michael Schweinsburg, executive director of the Disability Pride NYC, councilman Danny Dromm, Blake and Brogan McGowen during the parade.

July 23, 2015

Assemblyman Michael Black marches in Disability Pride Parade

Assemblyman Michael Blake marched with others during the Disability Pride Parade at Madison Square Park in NYC on Sunday, July 12. The…

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