by Tony Coelho

About the author: Tony Coelho, a former U.S. representative, is the chairman of the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities.

Iam a former member of Congress who served for 10 years in the House of Representatives.

During that time and after leaving Congress I worked hard for passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

It is the one piece of legislation I am most proud of helping to write because it means so much to so many people, and because it can do so much to make this a better country....

Iam one of the 49 million Americans with disabilities. Because of my disability, I have felt the heavy hand of oppression and discrimination.

Ididn’t like it when it happened to me, and I don’t want...