BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, JULY 26, 1990) JOHN HOLLIMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): At one of the largest bill signing ceremonies ever held at the White House, President Bush pledged the government's full support to the Americans with Disabilities Act.</s>GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Every man, woman, and child with a disability can now pass through once closed doors into a bright new era of equality, independence and freedom.</s>HOLLIMAN: More than 2,000 disabled Americans were invited to watch the president sign the bill.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I just broke down and cried for the first time, since I lost my leg, in 1961. But this time the tears were the joy of happiness.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am delighted, impressed, flabbergasted, amazed.</s>HOLLIMAN: Marilyn Golden (ph) has been rolling through Washington for years, working for this law. She calls it a civil rights act for the disabled.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: People talk down to us. People assume we can't do things or that they have to take special care of us, and none of which are generally true.</s>JIM GRAHAM, ACTIVIST: Children growing up or people who acquire new disabilities now, will not go through years of "keep out" signs, years of being told that they are not valued as human beings.</s>HOLLIMAN: The law will force most public accommodations and services, including transits, to be accessible to the disabled. (on camera): For many handicapped Americans, it's seen as only the first step in a life more integrated with the life the rest of us lead. John Holliman, CNN, Arlington, Virgina.
CNN 20: President Bush Signs ADA, July 26, 1990