Marilyn Golden was a disability activist who fought for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Golden became paralyzed below her mid-back after a fall while she was in college in 1976.
After experiencing the challenges of navigating the world in a wheelchair, she began fighting for better access to transportation and public buildings for people with disabilities.
Golden began working with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) in the 1980s, becoming a senior policy analyst.
There, she worked to improve accessibility for all, specializing in explaining accessibility challenges to the non-disabled.
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