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By: Harrison Mitchell and Emily Summers
About the Authors
Harrison Mitchell is a graduate student in the Public History master's program at UA Little Rock. He currently works at the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture and at the Historic Arkansas Museum.
Emily Summers completed her Master of Arts degree in Public History from UA Little Rock in 2021. She is a processing archivist at the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture.
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Enyart, Stephanie. “Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: What Has the Blind and Low Vision Community Gained?” Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 114, no. 1 (January 2020): 73–76. https://doi.org/10.1177/0145482X19901020.
“Introduction to the ADA.” United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. Accessed August 17, 2022. https://www.ada.gov/ada_intro.htm.
Kumpe, Roy, and Jim Lester. The Lion’s Share: A History of Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind. Little Rock: Rose Publishing Company, 1983.
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