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On the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Houston looks forward

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Lex Frieden poses for a portrait at a park near his home in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.
1of10Lex Frieden poses for a portrait at a park near his home in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.Photo: Hadley Chittum, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Lex Frieden rolls down the sidewalk in his neighborhood in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.
2of10Lex Frieden rolls down the sidewalk in his neighborhood in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.Photo: Hadley Chittum, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Lex Frieden waits to cross the street near his home in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.
3of10Lex Frieden waits to cross the street near his home in Houston on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Frieden was instrumental with his help in writing the American’s with Disabilities Act. A paraplegic, he has been a major disability rights activist in Houston and beyond since his early twenties when he first became paralyzed from a car accident and worked with a group to get the city to install lifts onto their their buses.Photo: Hadley Chittum, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer


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