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Joliet celebrates 35 years of ADA at Disability Pride event Saturday

Former President George H.W. Bush attends a ceremony for 25th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act, July 25, 2005. Bush signed the ADA into law in 1990. (Department of)

By Denise M. Baran-Unland

The city of Joliet Committee on Citizens with Disabilities will host a Disability Pride event Saturday.

The event, called “Disability Pride Fair – Celebrating 35 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act," will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park Theatre, 201 W. Jefferson St., Joliet.

This free event will include information tables featuring elected officials, human service organizations and state agencies.

Other features include music, food trucks, games and a voter registration booth.

American Sign Language interpreters will be provided.

For more information, email riley@drcjoliet.org.

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Denise Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland

Denise M. Baran-Unland is the features editor for The Herald-News in Joliet. She covers a variety of human interest stories. She also writes the long-time weekly tribute feature “An Extraordinary Life about local people who have died. She studied journalism at the College of St. Francis in Joliet, now the University of St. Francis.