Dozens of pioneer advocates fueled the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Marca Bristo was one of those key players in drafting and passing the legislation that impacts 64 million ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Every time a wheelchair lift is lowered on a Chicago Transit Authority bus, its user can thank Marca Bristo. While some might not recognize the disability rights leader's name, her ...

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Marca Bristo, one of Chicago's and the nation's most prominent advocates for people with disabilities, died Sunday morning. Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, which Bristo founded ...

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To Marca Bristo, longtime disability rights activist and founder of Access Living, change occurred on scales both large and small: from fighting for legislation in Washington and blocking CTA buses to ...

(New York) – Bryan Russell, a Peruvian human rights advocate, is the 2021 recipient of the Human Rights Watch Marca Bristo Fellowship for Courageous Leadership in Disability Rights, Human Rights Watch ...

Marca Bristo, one of Chicago’s most influential advocates for people with disabilities, has died, according to a statement from Access Living. Bristo, who founded Access Living to help with advocacy ...

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Marca Bristo wanted to be a midwife, but a 1977 accident left the 23-year-old paralyzed from the chest down. Three years later, she founded what would become Access Living, a non-profit that advocates ...