Welcome to Disability Awesome. Each week, this post will feature a person or persons with mental and / or physical disabilities who are doing awesome things! As someone with an disability, I love it when others when disabilities do great things!

What do 18th century colonists, an eight-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, and a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Alabama have in common? Separated by centuries and circumstance, each made a choice to challenge injustice. Their stories remind us that America’s history is shaped not by grand moments alone, but by ordinary people standing up for something greater than themselves.

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