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July 27, 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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July 27, 2015

National digest: July 13, 2015

City stages its first parade for disabled New York City held its first parade Sunday supporting people with disabilities, with more than 3…

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July 27, 2015

NY 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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Michelle Kraus chants while she takes part in New York's first Disability Pride parade

July 27, 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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Victor Calise, commissioner of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, next to his daughter Lola Claise who sings a song to kick off the parade

July 27, 2015

New York’s first Disability Pride Parade brings crowd of thousands down Broadway, hails law's 25th anniversary

New York celebrated its first-ever disability pride parade Sunday. “We will roll and ride and walk together for a more just New York…

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The inaugural Disability Pride Parade travels along Broadway in New York

July 27, 2015

First Disability Pride Parade draws 3,000 in New York

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

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A participant holds a sign saying "I can get there myself, I just need a ramp."

July 27, 2015

NYC's first Disability Pride Parade aims to alter attitudes

About 3,000 people helped raise awareness about physical and mental disabilities during New York City's annual Disability Pride festivities…

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an image of 2 kids in a wheelchair smiling in the Disability Pride Parade

July 27, 2015

NEW YORK Disability rights on parade

New York City held its first parade honoring people with disabilities Sunday. Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the crowd at the inaugural…

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People participate in the first annual Disability Pride Parade. Two wheelchair users in front and dozens of people marching behind.

July 27, 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, AFP reports. People in…

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14 Street Union Square Station entrance

July 27, 2015

They’re on their own for the Disability Pride Parade as there are still too many barriers

New York City holds its first annual Disability Pride Parade on Sunday, featuring a procession from Madison Square Park down Broadway to…

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Three people in wheelchairs marching in the NYC Disability Pride Parade. One holding a sign saying 'Better Together'

July 27, 2015

New York City hosts its first disability pride parade to honor 25th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

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

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A very artist wheel for a man's wheelchair

July 27, 2015

People with Disabilities Cheered and Chanted at Pride Parade in NYC

This month was full of city parades. Not only that, two weeks ago, the Gay Pride parade was enhanced by the Supreme Court’s gay-marriage…

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