ADAPT’S FOUNDER: WADE BLANK
Young people have always played a critical role in ADAPT.
In 1979, 19 youth with disabilities in Denver Colorado, parked their wheelchairs in front of two inaccessible city buses to stop them from moving, They wanted not to be put in the back of the bus, but to get ON the bus in the first place. Their protest started a movement that made public transportation accessible for people with disabilities across the country. This group of young people is now known today in our community as the Gang of 19. Today the movement has grown into ADAPT.
Since 2006, ADAPT has been hosting annual Youth Summits for small groups of young disability activists seeking to use nonviolent direct action to end the institutional bias in America and FREE OUR PEOPLE!
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