July 25, 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Signed into Law

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2. There was real opposition I know. It was to Bush's credit that he

still signed it, landmark legislation. This article from Vox ads more info. Thanks for replying.
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George H.W. Bush was a champion for people with disabilities, Vox, Dec. 2, 2018. As vice president and later as commander in chief, Bush helped oversee the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

.. Rachel Withers: And I understand that President Bush had previously lost a child with disabilities. How did that impact his interest in the issue? Lex Frieden: I think it had a huge impact. When we met with the vice president in January 1986, he said at the beginning of the meeting that he and [his wife] Barbara had reviewed the report the night before. He ... said that they could both relate to it because of the child with a disability whom they had lost and because one of their children at the time was coping with disability issues. One of the Bush boys had a disability — pardon me because I can’t recall which one — but he had learning difficulties and they were concerned about that. He had difficulty reading, and I think later I learned that he had dyslexia...
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/2/18122640/george-h-w-bush-americans-with-disabilities